Klaus Desmet|Ignacio Ortuño-Ort??n|Romain Wacziarg
The political economy of linguistic cleavages
Centre for Economic Policy Research|Universidad Carlos III de Madrid|Universidad Carlos III de Madrid|Centre for Economic Policy Research|Anderson University - South Carolina
paper uses linguistic tree describing genealogical relationship 6912 world languages compute measures diversity different levels linguistic aggregation let data inform us linguistic cleavages relevant range political economy outcomes rather making ad hoc choices find deep cleavages originating thousands years ago lead better predictors civil conflict redistribution opposite pattern emerges comes impact linguistic diversity growth public goods provision finer distinctions languages matter