Ethnic Diversity and Well-Being

Investor logo

Warning

This publication doesn't include Institute of Computer Science. It includes Faculty of Economics and Administration. Official publication website can be found on muni.cz.
Authors

GUZI Martin AKAY Alpaslan CONSTANT Amelie F. GIULIETTI Corrado

Year of publication 2016
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source IZA Discussion Paper
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Economics and Administration

Citation
Web http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers/viewAbstract?dp_id=9726
Field Economy
Keywords ethnic diversity subjective well-being assimilation multiculturality
Description 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.
Related projects:

You are running an old browser version. We recommend updating your browser to its latest version.

More info