Ethnic Diversity and Economic Performance Alberto Alesina and Eliana
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We survey and asses the literature on the positive and negative effects of ethnic diversity on economic policies and outcomes. Our focus is on countries, on cities in developed countries (the US) and on villages in developing countries. We also consider the endogenous formation of political jurisdictions and we highlight several open issues in need of further research. Alberto Alesina Department of Economics Harvard University Cambridge, MA 02138 and NBER [email protected] Eliana La Ferrara Universita Bocconi and IGIER via Sarfatti, 25 20136 Milano, Italy [email protected]
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Ethnic Diversity and Economic Performance
We survey and assess the literature on the positive and negative e.ects of ethnic diversity on economic policies and outcomes. Our focus is on communities of di.erent size and organizational structure, such as countries, cities in developed countries, villages and groups in developing countries. We also consider the endogenous formation of political jurisdictions and we highlight several open i...
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Alesina, Alberto, Reza Baqir, and William Easterly. “Public Goods and Ethnic Divisions.” Quarterly Journal of Economics 114, no. 4 (1999): 1243–84. Alesina, Alberto, and Eliana La Ferrara. “Ethnic Diversity and Economic Performance.” Journal of Economic Literature 43, no. 3 (2005): 762–800. Banerjee, Abhijit, and Rohini Somanathan. “The Political Economy of Public Goods: Some Evidence from Indi...
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We survey and asses the literature on the positive and negative effects of ethnic diversity on economic policies and outcomes. Our focus is on countries, on cities in developed countries (the US) and on villages in developing countries. We also consider the endogenous formation of political jurisdictions and we highlight several open issues in need of further research.
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