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Economics

The Influence of Ethnic Fractionalization on Civil War Onset

Quick fact

In a landmark 2003 study, Fearon and Laitin found that ethnic fractionalization was not a significant predictor of civil war onset, whereas per capita income and political instability were.

Why this is interesting

If a country is more ethnically diverse, you’d expect more civil wars – but the data show the opposite. How can that be?