Ethnic diversity and well-being
Ethnic diversity and well-being
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DOI：
10.1007/s00148-016-0618-8
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发表时间：
2017-01-01
影响因子：
6.1
通讯作者：
Guzi, Martin
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作者：
Akay, Alpaslan;Constant, Amelie;Guzi, Martin
本文探讨了移民的民族多样性如何影响东道国的福祉。利用德国1998年至2012年的面板数据，我们发现种族多样性对德国本土人的福祉产生了积极影响。我们的发现是强大的种族多样性的替代定义和非随机选择的本地人和移民到地区。对于在文化和经济上更接近德国的移民群体，种族多样性的积极影响更强。与这一结果相一致，我们记录存在两种机制解释民族多样性对福祉的影响：生产力，捕获的移民的技能和同化和社会资本，特别是在涉及到创造一个多元文化的环境。
This paper investigates how ethnic diversity, measured by immigrants' nationalities, influences the well-being of the host country. Using panel data from Germany from 1998 to 2012, we find a positive effect of ethnic diversity on the well-being of German natives. Our finding is robust to alternative definitions of ethnic diversity and to the non-random selection of natives and immigrants into regions. The positive effect of ethnic diversity is stronger for immigrant groups that are culturally and economically closer to Germany. Consistent with this result, we document the existence of two mechanisms explaining the influence of ethnic diversity on well-being: productivity-as captured by immigrants' skills and assimilation-and social capital-particularly in relation to the creation of a multicultural environment.