Ethnic diversity and well-being
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14560%2F17%3A00113341" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14560/17:00113341 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00148-016-0618-8" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00148-016-0618-8</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00148-016-0618-8" target="_blank" >10.1007/s00148-016-0618-8</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Ethnic diversity and well-being
Original language description
This paper investigates how ethnic diversity, measured by immigrants' nationalities, influences the well-being of the host country. Using panel data from Germany from 1998 to 2012, we find a positive effect of ethnic diversity on the well-being of German natives. Our finding is robust to alternative definitions of ethnic diversity and to the non-random selection of natives and immigrants into regions. The positive effect of ethnic diversity is stronger for immigrant groups that are culturally and economically closer to Germany. Consistent with this result, we document the existence of two mechanisms explaining the influence of ethnic diversity on well-being: productivity-as captured by immigrants' skills and assimilation-and social capital-particularly in relation to the creation of a multicultural environment.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50202 - Applied Economics, Econometrics
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2017
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Journal of population economics
ISSN
0933-1433
e-ISSN
1432-1475
Volume of the periodical
30
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
42
Pages from-to
265-306
UT code for WoS article
000387231500012
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-84988411344