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 …

(over-)reliance on religious legitimacy, use of slave soldiers, and persistence of restrictive proscriptions of religious …

We show that culture and diversity strongly influence welfare systems around the globe. To disentangle culture from … redistribution. Finally, we show that redistribution and diversity are linked non-linearly: moderate levels of diversity impede …

Religious divisions have long played a primary role in major conflicts throughout much of the world. Intergroup contact …

, there has been little study of the determinants of economic freedom. We investigate whether religion affects economic … freedom. Our empirical estimates, which include religiosity, political institutions, and other explanatory variables, confirm …

national parliament cannot, without undermining its own legitimacy, allow the results of a constitutional referendum to be …

legitimacy of organizational structure. To this end, we design a laboratory experiment in which we exogenously manipulate the … organizational structure in a way that leaves the incentives of all individuals unaffected, but changes the perceived legitimacy of … incentive effects and that the observed changes are significantly associated with changes in perceived legitimacy. …

productivity shifts arising from migration-induced knowledge diffusion and increased workforce diversity. While we find evidence … relative importance. We then focus on diversity and find stronger results in sectors characterized by more complex production …

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 …

European and the World Championships since 1970. Determining the genetic diversity of national teams is based on the distance …The theoretical impact of genetic diversity is ambiguous since it leads to costs and benefits at the collective level …. In this paper, we assess empirically the connection between genetic diversity and the performance of sport teams …