Superdiversity, social cohesion, and economic benefits

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.

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Year of publication:	2014
Authors:	Spoonley, Paul
Published in:	IZA World of Labor. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), ISSN 2054-9571. - 2014, May, izawol.46, p. 1-10
Publisher:	Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Subject:	ethnic diversity \| social cohesion \| innovation

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Type of publication:	Article
Classification:	J15 - Economics of Minorities and Races
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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