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...

There is a heated debate on the extent to which increased openness to immigration affects the size and composition of public spending. Country level analyses have made a good deal of progress in exploring how cultural diversity can reduce the willingness to redistribute income and provide public...

There is a heated debate on the extent to which increased openness to immigration affects the size and composition of public spending. Country level analyses have made a good deal of progress in exploring how cultural diversity can reduce the willingness to redistribute income and provide public...

Empirical evidence illustrates that diversity generates both economic costs and benefits. This paper develops a theoretical model that accounts for the positive and deleterious effects of heterogeneity. First, an expanded Solow Growth Model demonstrates that the direct effects of diversity can...