Joel Selway
The Measurement of Cross-cutting Cleavages and Other Multidimensional Cleavage Structures
Brigham Young University
many studies economics political science include concept ethnic diversity key independent variable empirical studies date however singledimensional measures ethnic diversity ethnic fractionalization available paper define measure three multidimensional characteristics social structurecrosscuttingness crossfractionalization subgroup fractionalizationand present new crossnational data set comprised indices along combinations five cleavages race language religion region income addressing important definitional measurement issues discuss data show inclusion economic growth regressions reopens theoretical debate regarding influence ethnic diversity indicating potential new indices shed light role ethnic diversity social structure generally regards number phenomena concern political scientists data set publicly available interuniversity consortium political social research data archives institute quantitative social science dataverse network