Ethnic Diversity and Well-Being

• Autoři: GUZI Martin; AKAY Alpaslan; CONSTANT Amelie F.; GIULIETTI Corrado
• Rok publikování: 2016
• Druh: Článek v odborném periodiku
• Časopis / Zdroj: IZA Discussion Paper
• Fakulta / Pracoviště MU: Ekonomicko-správní fakulta
• www: http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers/viewAbstract?dp_id=9726
• Obor: Ekonomie
• Klíčová slova: ethnic diversity subjective well-being assimilation multiculturality
• Popis: This paper investigates how ethnic diversity, measured by the immigrants’ countries of origin, influences the well-being of the host country. Using panel data from Germany for the period 1998 to 2012, we find a positive effect of ethnic diversity on the well-being of German citizens. To corroborate the robustness of our results, we estimate several alternative specifications and investigate possible causality issues, including non-random selection of natives and immigrants into regions. Finally, we explore productivity and social capital as potential mechanisms behind our finding.

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