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We show that culture and diversity strongly influence welfare systems around the globe. To disentangle culture from institutions, we employ regional instruments as well as data on the prevalence of the pathogen Toxoplasma Gondii, linguistic differences, and the frequency of blood types. The...
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This theoretical paper explores the impact of gender diversity on team production. The key assumption is that men … expected team production if (i) men and women have similar expected ability, and (ii) monetary incentives to exert effort are … behavior of male team members, gender diversity has the biggest effects in young teams, and monetary incentives crowd-out the …
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We present a simple model to illustrate how birthplace diversity may affect team performance. The model assumes that … team performance. To verify this prediction, we exploit self-collected data on the first division of German male soccer … different instrumental variable approaches to identify the effect of birthplace diversity on team performance. Our findings …
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conflict makes national diversity more salient among existing and potential team members. I exploit this natural experiment to … team and led to the performance decline of existing joint projects. I provide evidence that the observed effects were not …
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diversity (i.e., within the team) as well as vertical diversity (i.e., team to faculty advisor) and their effect on performance … course was run in multiple cohorts in otherwise identical formats except for the team formation mechanism used. In several … exogenous to the gender make-up of the entrepreneurial team, the positive performance effects can be interpreted as causal …
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Many occupations and industries are highly segregated with respect to gender. This segregation could be due to perceived job-specific productivity differences between men and women. It could also result from the belief that single-gender teams perform better. We investigate the two explanations...
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Many occupations and industries are highly segregated with respect to gender. This segregation could be due to perceived job-specific productivity differences between men and women. It could also result from the belief that single-gender teams perform better. We investigate the two explanations...
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The question whether ethnic diversity is associated with declining social cohesion has produced much controversy. We maintain that more attention must be paid to cognitive mechanisms to move the debate ahead. Using survey data from 938 localities in Germany, France, and the Netherlands, we...
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