mechanism for promoting diversity. We show that representation, on its own, is not sufficient for selecting gender diversity: a … supporting diversity and inclusion became more salient …

We present the results from a field experiment on team diversity. Individuals working as door-to-door canvassers for a … created random variation within teams in the degree of horizontal diversity (between teammates), vertical diversity (between … teammates and their supervisor) and external diversity (between teams and the individuals they canvassed). We observe team …

We study the role of diversity and performance in the entrepreneurial teams. We exploit a unique dataset of MBA … diversity (i.e., within the team) as well as vertical diversity (i.e., team to faculty advisor) and their effect on performance …. The design of the course allows for identification of the causal implications of horizontal and vertical diversity. The …

Increasing the diversity of policy committees has taken center stage worldwide, but whether and why diverse committees … representation on the Federal Reserve's monetary policy committee, the FOMC, we test whether diversity affects how Fed information … for diversity can explain these patterns better than homophily. Our results suggest more diverse policy committees are …

received increased attention in higher education. A signal of institutional commitment to faculty diversity often includes the … hiring of an executive level chief diversity officer (CDO). To examine the effects of a CDO in a broad panel data context, we … diversity for underrepresented racial/ethnic minority groups is affected by the hiring of an executive level diversity officer …

also explore the correlation between diversity and state-level variations. Finally, we discuss how these patterns are …

agreed to hear Fisher v. Texas, and their ruling may well influence universities' diversity initiatives, especially if they … overturn Grutter v. Bollinger and rule that diversity is no longer a "compelling state interest." But what lies behind a … those attending colleges and universities with greater diversity. Most existing studies are either based on evidence from …

We use recent immigration data from 195 countries and propose an index of population diversity based on people …'s birthplaces. This new index is then decomposed into a size (share of foreign born) and a variety (diversity of immigrants …) component and is available for 1990 and 2000 disaggregated by skill level. We show that birthplace diversity is largely …