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Names, diversity and innovation
Kremer, Anna - 2021
Diversity of a country is often measured by the amount and spread of nationalities that live there. But also within a country, regions vary in their traditions and culture. Cultural homogeneity within communities is mixed up by (internal) migration, that, like international migration, increases...
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It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman! Using Mass Media to Fight Intolerance
Armand, Alex; Atwell, Paul; Gomes, Joseph; Musillo, Giuseppe - 2024
This paper investigates the role of mass media in shaping racial tolerance and advancing civil rights in the post-WWII United States. We study the first attempt in the history of mass media to use a radio broadcast targeted at children to promote an inclusive American society. In 1946, amid...
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Antimuslimischer Rassismus: Ein neues "Phänomen"?
Gehrke, Marcel - 2017
Dieser Beitrag geht der Frage nach, ob es sich bei antimuslimischem Rassismus um ein neues Phänomen handelt undob sich … wird auch als Neo-Rassismus bezeichnet, welcher sich als Rassismus ohne Rassen konstituiert und die Unvereinbarkeit der … Kulturenbehauptet. Auch dieser arbeitet mit Stigmatisierungen. Es verschiebt sich demnach der Anknüpfungspunkt des Rassismus.Im Zuge …
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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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Migration and innovation: Does cultural diversity matter for regional R&D activity?
Niebuhr, Annekatrin - 2006
Recent theoretical research deals with economic costs and benefits of cultural diversity related to immigration. However, empirical evidence regarding the impact of cultural diversity on economic performance is still scarce. This paper investigates the significance of cultural diversity of the...
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Labour market entry of migrants in Germany: Does cultural diversity matter?
Haas, Anette; Damelang, Andreas - 2007
Der Beitrag analysiert den Arbeitsmarktzugang von jugendlichen Migranten in Deutschland nach Abschluss ihrer Lehrzeit …
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Cultural diversity and local labour markets
Suedekum, Jens; Wolf, Katja; Blien, Uwe - 2009
During the last decade there have been marked changes in the composition of the non-native workforce in the German labour market. In particular there has been a notable increase in the diversity of nationalities of which the foreign workforce is composed. In this paper we investigate the effects...
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Cultural diversity and plant-level productivity
Trax, Michaela; Brunow, Stephan; Südekum, Jens - 2012
Using comprehensive data for German establishments (1999-2008), we estimate plant-level production functions to analyze if cultural diversity affects total factor productivity. We distinguish diversity in the establishment's workforce and in the aggregate regional labor force where the plant is...
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E-Lections: Voting Behavior and the Internet
Falck, Oliver; Gold, Robert; Heblich, Stephan - 2012
This paper analyses the effect of information disseminated by the Internet on voting behavior. We address endogeneity in Internet availability by exploiting regional and technological peculiarities of the preexisting voice telephony network that hinder the roll-out of fixed-line broadband...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282064
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E-lections: Voting behavior and the internet
Falck, Oliver; Gold, Robert; Heblich, Stephan - 2012
This paper analyses the effect of information disseminated by the Internet on voting behavior. We address endogeneity in Internet availability by exploiting regional and technological peculiarities of the preexisting voice telephony network that hinder the roll-out of fixed-line broadband...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282266