In this paper we investigate the nexus between firm labor diversity and innovation using a linked employer … and demographic characteristics to valuable firm's innovation activity. The latter is measured by: (1) the firm … firm's innovation outcomes. …

In their survey of the literature on ethnic fractionalization and economic performance, Alesina and La Ferrara (JEL … ethnic fractionalization on economic growth across countries using unique time-varying measures. We first replicate the … measures, econometric estimators, as well as to the use of an index of ethnic-religious-linguistic fractionalization. …

migration research has demonstrated positive economic impacts of cultural diversity on productivity and innovation at the … regional level. However, there is a dearth of research on the links between innovation and migrant diversity at the firm level …

To investigate econometrically whether cultural diversity of a firm's employees boosts innovation, we create a unique … linked employer-employee dataset that combines data from two innovation surveys in The Netherlands with administrative and … generally more innovative, but that diversity among a firm's foreign workers is positively associated with innovation activity …

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 … provide evidence that exposure to higher levels of ethnic fractionalization enhances the students' formation of social skills …

In their survey of the literature on ethnic fractionalization and economic performance, Alesina and La Ferrara (JEL … ethnic fractionalization on economic growth across countries using unique time-varying measures. We first replicate the … measures, econometric estimators, as well as to the use of an index of ethnic-religious-linguistic fractionalization. …

Does fractionalization change over time? If so, are there any substantial implications for economic performance? To … answer such questions, we construct a new panel data set with fractionalization measures for 26 former communist countries … covering the period from 1989 to 2002. Our fractionalization measures show that transition economies became more ethnically …