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In-group cooperation in a hostile environment : an economic perspective on some aspects of Jewish life in (pre-modern) diaspora
Rapoport, Hillel; Weiss, Avi - 2002
The demographic history of the Jews in the Middle Ages may be characterized by two main phenomena: i) a sharp drop in the number of Jews until the beginning of the modern period, due mainly to conversions; and, ii) early urbanization. Until now, these features have been analyzed as primarily...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011411192
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In-group cooperation in a hostile environment : an economic perspective on some aspects of Jewish life in (pre-modern) diaspora
Rapoport, Hillel; Weiss, Avi - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001675927
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Achieving the American dream : cultural distance, cultural diversity, and economic performance
Rueda, Valeria; Laval, Guillaume; Patin, Etienne - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011453235
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National institutions and African development : evidence from partitioned ethnicities
Michalopulos, Stelios; Papaioannou, Elias - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009582173
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National institutions and African development : evidence from partitioned ethnicities
Michalopulos, Stelios; Papaioannou, Elias - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009621825
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Ethnische Vielfalt und Arbeitsmarkterfolg
Rinne, Ulf; Schüller, Simone; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2010
Das ökonomische Potenzial ethnischer und kultureller Vielfalt wird häufig verkannt. Die Ergebnisse neuerer Studien, die in diesem Beitrag zusammengefasst werden, zeigen jedoch, dass sich "weiche" Faktoren wie etwa Einstellungen, Wahrnehmungen und Identitäten, hier insbesondere ethnische...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009304376
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Birthplace diversity and economic prosperity
Alesina, Alberto; Harnoss, Johann; Rapoport, Hillel - 2013
We use recent immigration data from 195 countries and propose an index of population diversity based on people's birthplaces. This new index is then decomposed into a size (share of foreign born) and a variety (diversity of immigrants) component and is available for 1990 and 2000 disaggregated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009793124
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Immigration, diversity and growth
Grâdšṭayn, Marq; Justman, Moshe - 2019
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Bolstering white American's ethnic identity resiliency : self-affirmation, authentic best-self reflection, and mindfulness meditation
Kinias, Zoe; Fennessy, Marie-Claire - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011665890
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Decomposing discrimination: why a holistic approach to racism hides more than it reveals
Koopmans, Ruud - 2021
In recent debates on "race" and "racism", a broad definition has emerged that encompasses phenotypic appearance as well … core element of this holistic concept of racism. On the basis of labor market and survey experiments, this article shows … that such a concept of racism is not very helpful in understanding actual patterns of discrimination. Phenotype, ethnicity …
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