Sefa Awaworyi Churchill|Russell Smyth
Ethnic Diversity and Poverty
RMIT University|Monash University
examine relationship ethnic diversity poverty crosssectional sample developing countries measure diversity using indices ethnic linguistic fractionalization measure poverty using multidimensional poverty index mpi multidimensional poverty headcount mph intensity deprivation poverty gap poverty headcount ratio find ethnic linguistic fractionalization contributes poverty levels specifically controlling endogeneity find standard deviation increase ethnic fractionalization associated 032 044 053standard deviation increase mpi mph intensity deprivation respectively moreover standard deviation increase ethnic fractionalization associated 034 063standard deviation increase population living 190 310 poverty gap 190 310 day headcount ratio 190 310 day similar results also observed linguistic fractionalization standardized coefficients 053 093 find results robust alternative ways measure poverty ethnic diversity including ethnic polarization well alternative approaches address endogeneity