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Diversity of human capital and regional growth

Noseleit, Florian; Söllner, Rene - 2010

In this paper we study the impact of diversity on regional growth by extending the existing literature in such that we differentiate between industry diversity and human capital diversity. In order to measure human capital diversity we construct a regional measure based on individual...

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Diversity in finance : an overview

Schmidt, Reinhard H. - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 87 (2018) 4, pp. 9-23

This paper aspires to provide an overview of the issue of diversity of banking and financial systems and its development over time from a positive and a normative perspective. In other word: how different are banks within a given country and how much do banking systems and entire financial...

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Spatial convergence in height in East-Central Europe, 1890-1910

Brabec, Marek; Komlos, John - 2007

We examine spatial convergence in biological well-being in the Habsburg Monarchy circa 1890-1910 on the basis of … population in 1890 the faster its height grew thereafter. Hence, there was convergence in physical stature between the peripheral … Viennese trend was about 0.9 cm per decade in favor of the former. But the convergence among the core districts themselves was …

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Diversity of communities and economic development : an overview

Ranis, Gustav - 2009

This paper reviews the literature on the impact of ethnic diversity on economic development. Ethnically polarized societies are less likely to agree on the provision of public goods and more likely to engage in rent seeking activities providing lower levels of social capital. Initial conditions...

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The macrogenoeconomics of comparative development

Ashraf, Quamrul H.; Galor, Oded - 2016

A vibrant literature has emerged in recent years to explore the influences of human evolution and the genetic composition of populations on the comparative economic performance of societies, highlighting the roles played by the Neolithic Revolution and the prehistoric "out of Africa" migration...

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Diversity of Communities and Economic Development : An Overview

Ranis, Gustav - 2011

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Diversity and Conflict

Arbatli, Cemal Eren - 2020

This research advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically that interpersonal population diversity, rather than fractionalization or polarization across ethnic groups, has been pivotal to the emergence, prevalence, recurrence, and severity of intrasocietal conflicts. Exploiting an...

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Cultural Diversity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship : Firm-Level Evidence from London

Nathan, Max - 2017

A growing body of research is making links between diversity and the economic performance of cities and regions. Most of the underlying mechanisms take place within firms, but only a handful of organization-level studies have been conducted. We contribute to this underexplored literature by...

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Diversity and Conflict

Arbatli, Cemal Eren - 2018

This research advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically that interpersonal population diversity has contributed significantly to the emergence, prevalence, recurrence, and severity of intrasocietal conflicts. Exploiting an exogenous source of variations in population diversity across...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012916960

Diversity and Conflict

Arbatli, Cemal Eren - 2018

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