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The role of ethnic diversity in sustainable environmental growth: new evidence across different income regions

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  • Sefa Awaworyi Churchill
  • Kris Ivanovski
  • Mita Bhattacharya

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We examine the relationship between ethnic diversity and environmental quality, proxied by carbon dioxide ($${\rm C{O_2}}$$CO2) emissions. Ethnic diversity is captured using indices of ethnic fractionalization. Adopting a supply-demand framework which introduces a model for economic growth, we find that ethnic fractionalization reduces $${\rm C{O_2}}$$CO2 emissions. The negative effect of ethnic diversity on $${\rm C{O_2}}$$CO2 emissions is also consistent across middle and low-income countries as well as high-income countries. However, results suggest that ethnic diversity has a negative effect on growth in middle and low-income countries, but a positive effect on growth in high-income countries. Our findings prove robust to alternative estimation methods.

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  • Sefa Awaworyi Churchill & Kris Ivanovski & Mita Bhattacharya, 2019. "The role of ethnic diversity in sustainable environmental growth: new evidence across different income regions," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 51(4), pages 398-408, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:applec:v:51:y:2019:i:4:p:398-408
    DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2018.1497854
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    1. R. Isil Yavuz & Berrak Bahadir, 2022. "Remittances, ethnic diversity, and entrepreneurship in developing countries," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 58(4), pages 1931-1952, April.
    2. Sundar Ponnusamy & Mohammad Abbas Hakeem, 2024. "Ethnic inequality and public health," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 33(1), pages 41-58, January.

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