The economics of diversity: Innovation, productivity and the labour market

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Abstract

The empirical evidence on the economic impacts of diversity is mixed. Many studies in the literature present context-dependent and data-driven results which are challenging to reconcile with each other. This paper offers a systematic synthesis of the empirical findings on the economic impacts of diversity on innovation, productivity and the labour market. It presents a structured framework which takes the spatial scale of the analysis in the papers as a reference to understand the inconsistency of some previous predictions and the varying magnitudes of the diversity impact. The empirical findings reconcile more meaningfully when diversity effects are documented discretely at the regional, firm and individual levels. The paper further sets out an agenda for future research and links the findings for policy relevance.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1168-1216
JournalJournal of Economic Surveys
Volume35
Issue number4
Early online date14 Jun 2021
DOIs
Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 14 Jun 2021

Keywords

  • cultural diversity
  • innovation
  • knowledge production function
  • migration

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