agreed to hear Fisher v. Texas, and their ruling may well influence universities' diversity initiatives, especially if they … overturn Grutter v. Bollinger and rule that diversity is no longer a "compelling state interest." But what lies behind a … those attending colleges and universities with greater diversity. Most existing studies are either based on evidence from …

We use recent immigration data from 195 countries and propose an index of population diversity based on people …'s birthplaces. This new index is then decomposed into a size (share of foreign born) and a variety (diversity of immigrants …) component and is available for 1990 and 2000 disaggregated by skill level. We show that birthplace diversity is largely …

received increased attention in higher education. A signal of institutional commitment to faculty diversity often includes the … hiring of an executive level chief diversity officer (CDO). To examine the effects of a CDO in a broad panel data context, we … diversity for underrepresented racial/ethnic minority groups is affected by the hiring of an executive level diversity officer …

This research advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically that interpersonal population diversity, rather than … intrasocietal conflicts. Exploiting an exogenous source of variations in population diversity across nations and ethnic groups, as … population diversity, and its impact on the degree of diversity within ethnic groups, has contributed significantly to the risk …

also explore the correlation between diversity and state-level variations. Finally, we discuss how these patterns are …

We study the role of diversity and performance in the entrepreneurial teams. We exploit a unique dataset of MBA … diversity (i.e., within the team) as well as vertical diversity (i.e., team to faculty advisor) and their effect on performance …. The design of the course allows for identification of the causal implications of horizontal and vertical diversity. The …