This volume was prepared by Jens Ruhose while he was working at the Ifo Institute. It was completed in December 2014 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich. It includes four self-contained chapters that contribute to the understanding of the...

This volume was prepared by Jens Ruhose while he was working at the Ifo Institute. It was completed in December 2014 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich. It includes four self-contained chapters that contribute to the understanding of the...

This book examines the measurement and econometric effects of ethnic diversity. This issue is of great relevance to research and policy and is currently being discussed a great deal in the literature. In particular, a sizable literature has suggested that ethnic diversity constitutes a...

Die vorliegenden Studien sind von der elementaren Einsicht geprägt, daß in der Herstellung einer gerechten und produktiven Ordnung von Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft das zentrale und ewig aktuelle Knappheitsproblem der Menschheitsgeschichte zu sehen ist. Was kann die Wissenschaft zur Lösung...