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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 27.
Published in final edited form as: Q J Econ. 2010;125(4):1627–1682. doi: 10.1162/qjec.2010.125.4.1627

Table X.

Ethnic, Linguistic, and Historical Determinants of Current Inequality

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
Dependent Var. Gini Coefficient
Ethnic
 Fractionalization		 .117***
(.037)		 .0517
(.0355)
Historical
 Fractionalization		 .134***
(.034)		 −.0116
(.0489)
Cultural Diversity .0354
(.0437)		 .0126
(.0382)
Historical Linguistic
 Fractionalization		 .168***
(.039)		 .0460
(.0721)
Standard deviation of
 Statehist 		.392***
(.085)		 .435***
(.124)		 .401***
(.086)		 .310*
(.167)
Ancestry adjusted
 Statehist 		−.130***
(.040)		 −.148***
(.037)		 −.151***
(.038)		 −.149***
(.036)
Constant .367***
(.019)		 .382***
(.014)		 .407***
(.017)		 .385***
(.013)		 .415***
(.033)		 .446***
(.025)		 .441***
(.030)		 .445***
(.024)
No. obs. 132 135 132 135 132 135 132 135
R-squared .073 .101 .005 .115 .276 .267 .275 .269

Note: Robust standard errors in parentheses.

***

p<.01,

**

p<.05,

*

p<.1