Taking care of your own: Ethnic and religious heterogeneity and income inequality
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Date
2006
Authors
Dincer, Oguzhan
Lambert, Peter J.
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University of Oregon, Dept of Economics
Abstract
Using recently developed indices of fractionalization and polarization, we analyze
the direct and indirect effects of ethnic and religious heterogeneity on income inequality and on
welfare programs across US states. We find strong evidence (1) that there is a positive
relationship between ethnic and religious polarization and income inequality and an inverse-U
shaped relationship between ethnic and religious fractionalization and income inequality; and
(2) that there is a negative relationship between ethnic and religious polarization and monthly
welfare payments under the AFDC/TANF scheme, and a U-shaped relationship between ethnic
and religious fractionalization and the AFDC/TANF payments.
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38 p.