Heterogeneity and productivity

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This research explores the effects of within-group heterogeneity on group-level productivity. It establishes that observed genetic diversity of 230 worldwide ethnic groups, as well as predicted genetic diversity of 1,331 ethnic groups across the globe, has a hump-shaped effect on economic prosperity, reflecting the trade-off between the beneficial and the detrimental effects of diversity on productivity. Moreover, the study demonstrates that variations in within- ethnic-group genetic diversity across ethnic groups contribute to ethnic and thus regional variation in economic development within a country.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Working Paper ; No. 2015-4

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Firm Performance: Size, Diversification, and Scope ; Corporate Culture; Diversity; Social Responsibility ; Economic Development: General ; Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity: General ; Cultural Economics; Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology: General
• Subject: Heterogeneity ; Regional Development ; Out-of-Africa Hypothesis ; Comparative Development ; Genetic Diversity ; Nighttime Light Intensity

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Ashraf, Quamrul ; Galor, Oded ; Klemp, Marc
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Brown University, Department of Economics
• (where): Providence, RI
• (when): 2015

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/145427
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET