Ethnic diversity and economic growth in China
Abstract
We investigate the effects of ethnic diversity on economic growth in the People’s Republic of China. Based on provincial data from 1982 to 2007, we find a negative relationship between ethnic diversity and economic growth across Chinese provinces supporting existing cross‐country studies such as Alesina et al. (2003). According to our estimations, going from complete ethnic homogeneity to complete ethnic heterogeneity reduces the growth rate between 2 percentage points and 2.5 percentage points in China, depending on the ethnic diversity index used.
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In going from complete ethnic homogeneity to complete ethnic heterogeneity, financial development is sharply reduced.
“Our results are similar to those of Delhey and Newton (2005) and Dincer and Wang (2011) in that they show that in going from complete ethnic homogeneity to complete ethnic heterogeneity, financial development is sharply reduced.”
From Diversity Matters in the World of Finance: Does Ethnic and Religious Diversity Hinder Financial Development in Developing Countries? (2025) · cites this paper as Dincer and Wang 2011
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- Authors
- Dincer, O. C., & Wang, F.
- Affiliations
- Illinois State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Dincer, Oguzhan C.
- ORCID
- Dincer, Oguzhan C.
- Venue
- Journal of Economic Policy Reform
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2011-03
- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 1-10
- ISSN
- 1748-7870 (ISSN-L)
- 1748-7889
- OpenAlex
- W2115605323
- Cited by
- 45
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 6.98
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Economic Policy Reform (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Demography › Culture, Economy, and Development Studies
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Economic Growth and Productivity
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Economic and Technological Innovation
- Keywords
- ethnic diversity, economic growth, ethnic homogeneity, provincial economic growth, China
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