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We empirically investigate the relationship between a country's economic complexity and the diversity in the … birthplaces of its immigrants. Our cross-country analysis suggests that birthplace diversity is strongly and positively associated … with economic complexity. This holds particularly for diversity among highly educated migrants and for countries at …
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We argue that, for a given level of scientific knowledge, tolerance and diversity are conducive to technological … innovation during the second industrial revolution. Religious tolerance is measured through population’s religious diversity …, diversity of churches, and diversity of preachers and religious teachers, respectively. Endogeneity issues are addressed using …
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Religious divisions have long played a primary role in major conflicts throughout much of the world. Intergroup contact …
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(over-)reliance on religious legitimacy, use of slave soldiers, and persistence of restrictive proscriptions of religious …
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The last decade has seen a growing interest among economists on the effect of diversity on the provision of social … revenues, costs, and profits. We explore this next logical question: how does diversity affect ultimate performance? We have a … office-level measures of diversity and performance over that period. We find some evidence that more homogeneous offices …
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One of the core indicators in the field of scientometrics is the number of papers published by a unit within a given period. However, such indicators can only be assessed properly by considering the unit's available resources. When evaluating the efficiency of institutions worldwide, the problem...
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This paper presents novel stylized facts about the global variation in universalism, leveraging nationally representative surveys across 60 countries (N=64,000). We find large variation in universalism within and across countries, which almost entirely reflects heterogeneity in people’s moral...
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regarding how to treat different types of relationships. These moral views vary systematically with age, gender and religiosity …
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others reveal that subjects expect the effect of the gender stereotypes of tasks but underestimate others’ bets on diversity …
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on gender diversity on boards. We exploit rich, newly assembled board–director matched panel data for Norway and Germany … the gender quota reform on gender diversity. Second, although the Norwegian gender quota has increased the probability of …
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