Ethnic Diversity and Well-Being

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Authors	GUZI Martin AKAY Alpaslan CONSTANT Amelie F. GIULIETTI Corrado
Year of publication	2016
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	IZA Discussion Paper
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Economics and Administration
Citation
Web	http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers/viewAbstract?dp_id=9726
Field	Economy
Keywords	ethnic diversity subjective well-being assimilation multiculturality
Description	This paper investigates how ethnic diversity, measured by the immigrants’ countries of origin, influences the well-being of the host country. Using panel data from Germany for the period 1998 to 2012, we find a positive effect of ethnic diversity on the well-being of German citizens. To corroborate the robustness of our results, we estimate several alternative specifications and investigate possible causality issues, including non-random selection of natives and immigrants into regions. Finally, we explore productivity and social capital as potential mechanisms behind our finding.
Related projects:	Zaměstnáním nejlepších mladých vědců k rozvoji mezinárodní spolupráce