Superdiversity, social cohesion, and economic benefits

Paul Spoonley
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Paul Spoonley: Massey University, New Zealand, and IZA, Germany

IZA World of Labor, 2014, No 46, 46

Abstract: Empirical studies have found that achieving superdiversity—a substantial increase in the scale and scope of minority ethnic and immigrant groups in a region—can provide certain economic benefits, such as higher levels of worker productivity and innovation. Other studies have found that these benefits can be compromised by political and populist anxieties about ethnic, religious, and linguistic diversity.

Keywords: ethnic diversity; social cohesion; innovation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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