Our paper investigates how diversity of the labor force influences the rate of new firm formation and the performance … data at the firm level for the years 1993-2010. We measure diversity using entropy measures that account for a wider range … of differences than is typically used. Our empirical analysis finds a positive influence of diversity of the labor force …

This paper is devoted to the study of municipal diversity in retail and durables. Specifically, it analyzes how a … region’s relative market-accessibility in a system (or hierarchy) of municipalities affects the extent of diversity. In the … theoretical part of the paper a simple modelmunicipal diversity in retail and durables is introduced, which incorporates the …

Recent empirical evidence strongly supports Jacobs’ (1969) externality hypothesis, that urban diversity provides a more … understood as a result of innovations. Furthermore, it is argued that a relevant diversity-measure should take into account the … degree of diversity between the inherent classes (e.g. pharmaceuticals are closer to chemicals than to forestry). These ideas …