Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/236375 
Authors: 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 14344
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
The empirical evidence on the economic impacts of diversity is mixed. Many studies in the literature present context dependent and data driven results which are challenging to reconcile with each other. This paper offers a systematic synthesis of the empirical findings on the economic impacts of diversity on innovation, productivity, and the labour market. It presents a structured framework which takes the spatial scale of the analysis in the papers as a reference to understand the inconsistency of some previous predictions and the varying magnitudes of the diversity impact. The empirical findings reconcile more meaningfully when diversity effects are documented discretely at the regional, firm and individual levels. The paper further sets out an agenda for future research and links the findings for policy relevance.
Subjects: 
innovation
cultural diversity
migration
knowledge production function
JEL: 
J24
J15
F22
O15
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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