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. 2018 Dec 4;35(5):873–911. doi: 10.1007/s10680-018-9507-z

Table 5.

The dynamic effect of diversity and concentration (OLS) (Detailed estimation results including control variable coefficients can be made available upon request)

Var. of interest Base year Dep var.: income (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)
1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000
Diversity 1880 Fractionalization 0.247*** 0.199* 0.087 0.012 0.0042 0.161*** 0.236*** 0.233*** 0.300*** 0.282*** 0.322***
(0.057) (0.114) (0.073) (0.064) (0.069) (0.0555) (0.0477) (0.0510) (0.0668) (0.0605) (0.0691)
Polarization − 0.078 − 0.028 − 0.054 − 0.046 − 0.059 − 0.0269 − 0.0864** − 0.106* − 0.164** − 0.123* − 0.132*
(0.054) (0.073) (0.042) (0.037) (0.048) (0.0430) (0.0393) (0.0541) (0.0614) (0.0673) (0.0712)
Observations 2835 2848 2858 2844 2561 2817 2870 2857 2865 2865 2871
R2 0.571 0.551 0.587 0.624 0.626 0.844 0.802 0.634 0.490 0.432 0.303
1900 Fractionalization 0.474*** − 0.036 − 0.0155 − 0.068 0.185** 0.273*** 0.289*** 0.244** 0.254** 0.274***
(0.081) (0.069) (0.071) (0.076) (0.0802) (0.0864) (0.0969) (0.102) (0.116) (0.101)
Polarization − 0.126* − 0.015 − 0.058 − 0.048 0.0161 − 0.0243 − 0.0855 − 0.102 − 0.0704 − 0.0704
(0.069) (0.052) (0.047) (0.057) (0.0537) (0.0533) (0.0667) (0.0847) (0.0933) (0.0879)
Observations 3046 3094 3070 2750 3046 3103 3085 3098 3098 3103
R2 0.542 0.589 0.628 0.627 0.835 0.794 0.606 0.476 0.405 0.300
1910 Fractionalization − 0.049 0.0053 − 0.016 0.160** 0.159*** 0.157** 0.198*** 0.215*** 0.283***
(0.058) (0.055) (0.070) (0.0630) (0.0580) (0.0724) (0.0641) (0.0721) (0.0602)
Polarization − 0.019 − 0.054 − 0.095* 0.0162 0.0133 − 0.000155 − 0.0365 − 0.0354 − 0.0569
(0.048) (0.044) (0.052) (0.0633) (0.0574) (0.0739) (0.0617) (0.0671) (0.0555)
Observations 3117 3089 2757 3071 3128 3111 3123 3123 3128
R2 0.591 0.628 0.628 0.833 0.788 0.600 0.474 0.400 0. 305
Concentration 1880 Concentration − 0.250*** − 0.209** − 0.054 0.022 0.025 − 0.158*** − 0.204*** − 0.199*** − 0.219*** − 0.205*** − 0.218***
(0.069) (0.102) (0.068) (0.059) (0.062) (0.0578) (0.0476) (0.0471) (0.0605) (0.0601) (0.0647)
Observations 2836 2849 2859 2845 2561 2818 2872 2859 2867 2867 2873
R2 0.565 0.551 0.587 0.624 0.625 0.844 0.800 0.631 0.482 0.423 0.292
1900 Concentration − 0.471*** 0.075 0.065 0.135 − 0.236*** − 0.319*** − 0.306*** − 0.183** − 0.200** − 0.195**
(0.067) (0.075) (0.079) (0.081) (0.0829) (0.0730) (0.0872) (0.0786) (0.0831) (0.0779)
Observations 3046 3094 3070 2750 3046 3104 3086 3099 3099 3104
R2 0.541 0.590 0.628 0.627 0.835 0.793 0.606 0.471 0.398 0.291
1910 Concentration 0.086 0.035 0.098 − 0.209*** − 0.203*** − 0.184*** − 0.180*** − 0.196*** − 0.240***
(0.055) (0.054) (0.069) (0.0500) (0.0420) (0.0486) (0.0564) (0.0513) (0.0545)
Observations 3117 3090 2757 3072 3129 3112 3124 3124 3129
R2 0.591 0.628 0.626 0.833 0.788 0.599 0.471 0.396 0.296
Lag. contr. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Base year contr. No No No No No No No No No No No
State controls Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Robust standard errors in parentheses, clustered at state level

*** p < 0.01; ** p < 0.05; * p < 0.1