This paper reviews the literature on the impact of ethnic diversity on economic development. Ethnically polarized … preliminary hypotheses on the relationship between diversity and instability in order to stimulate future research. -- Africa … ; diversity ; economic growth ; instability …

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 …

This paper reviews the literature on the impact of ethnic diversity on economic development. Ethnically polarized … preliminary hypotheses on the relationship between diversity and instability in order to stimulate future research. -- Africa … ; Diversity ; Economic Growth ; Instability …

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 …

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 …