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Does ethnic diversity in schools affect occupational choices?
Pregaldini, Damiano; Balestra, Simone; Backes-Gellner, Uschi - 2022
We study how two distinct dimensions of peer ethnic diversity (ethnic fractionalization and ethnic polarization) affect … schools, we find evidence for two opposing effects. Ethnic fractionalization increases the likelihood of students sorting into … people-oriented occupations while ethnic polarization reduces this likelihood. Using data on social and cognitive skills, we …
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Impact of ethnic civil conflict on migration of skilled labor
Christensen, Julie; Onul, Darius; Prakarsh Singh - 2016
We reevaluate the hypothesis and empirical result that ethnic civil wars lead to higher skilled emigration (Bang and Mitra, 2013). We develop a simple conceptual framework that predicts contrasting results depending upon if the economy is assumed to be agglomerating in skilled labor or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011517907
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Ethnic divisions and the onset of civil wars in Syria
Abosedra, Salah S.; Fakih, Ali; Haimoun, Nathir - 2021
While most civil wars seem to have an economic basis, they are generally pushed by political, ethnic, and religious differences. This paper attempts to identify the drivers of the Syrian civil war of 2011 by investigating the role of ethnic divisions in starting a conflict. We integrate a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012406061
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Cultural diversity : a matter of measurement
Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - 2015
Cultural diversity - in various forms - has in recent years turned into a prominent and relevant research and policy issue. There is an avalanche of studies across many disciplines that measure and analyse cultural diversity and its impacts. Based on different perspectives and features of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010470405
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Ethnic fragmentation, conflict, displaced persons and human trafficking : an empirical analysis
Akee, Randall; Basu, Arnab K.; Chau, Nancy H. - 2010
Ethnic conflicts and their links to international human trafficking have recently received a surge in international attention. It appears that ethnic conflicts exacerbate the internal displacement of individuals from networks of family and community, and their access to economic and social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008901209
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Ethnic diversity and well-being
Akay, Alpaslan; Constant, Amelie; Giulietti, Corrado; … - 2016
This paper investigates how ethnic diversity, measured by the immigrants' countries of origin, influences the well-being of the host country. Using panel data from Germany for the period 1998 to 2012, we find a positive effect of ethnic diversity on the well-being of German citizens. To...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011452237
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Why does ethnic diversity undermine public goods provision? : An experimental approach
Habyarimana, James Paul; Humphreys, Macartan; Posner, … - 2006
"A large and growing literature links high levels of ethnic diversity to low levels of public goods provision. Yet while the empirical connection between ethnic heterogeneity and the underprovision of public goods is widely accepted, there is little consensus on the specific mechanisms through...
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Ethnic competition and specialization
Kahanec, Martin (contributor) - 2007
Are ethnic specialization and thus a downward sloping labor demand curve fundamental features of labor market competition between ethnic groups? In a general equilibrium model, this paper argues that spillover effects in skill acquisition and social distances between ethnic groups engender...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003586569
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Identity conflict with cross-border spillovers
Bakshi, Dripto; Dasgupta, Indraneel - 2016
We model simultaneous inter and within identity-group conflict in two territories connected by cross-territorial spill-overs. Within each territory, two groups contest the division of a group-specific public good, and all members contest the division of group income. Each group has a...
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Democratisation under diversity: theory and evidence from Indonesian communities
Mitra, Anirban; Pal, Sarmistha - 2021
the constituent ethnic groups. Our theory highlights the role of the local elite in lobbying for policies which favour … non-developmental items, all of which is consistent with our theory. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012430676