We investigate to what extent tolerance, as measured by attitudes toward different types of neighbors, affects economic … growth. Data from the World Values Survey enable us to investigate tolerance-growth relationships for 54 countries. We … tolerance toward homosexuals is negatively related to growth. For tolerance toward people of a different race, we do not find …

We investigate to what extent tolerance, as measured by attitudes toward different types of neighbors, affects economic … growth. Data from the World Values Survey enable us to investigate tolerance-growth relationships for 54 countries. We … tolerance toward homosexuals is negatively related to growth. For tolerance toward people of a different race, we do not find …

freedoms and tolerance. It is argued that tolerance is essential for innovation because its creates an open environment where … creativity and knowledge spillovers. However, mixed empirical evidence suggests that the relationship between tolerance and …-investigates whether and to which extent notions of social and institutional trust affect the impact of tolerance on innovation using an …

We argue that, for a given level of scientific knowledge, tolerance and diversity are conducive to technological … revolution can be ascribed to differences in religious tolerance that developed in continental Europe from the Peace of … Westphalia onwards. By matching a unique historical dataset about religious tolerance in 1,278 Prussian cities with valuable …

We investigate how tolerance, as measured by attitudes toward different types of neighbors, affects economic growth in … a sample of 54 countries. Unlike previous studies, by Richard Florida and others, we find that tolerance toward … homosexuals is negatively related to growth. For tolerance toward people of a different race, we do not find robust results, but …