Arbeitspapier

Measuring Cultural Diversity at a Regional Level

This paper discusses alternative measures of cultural diversity to be used in subsequent investigations of the impacts of cultural diversity on regional development in Europe. It derives indicators for the measurement of cultural diversity from the literature and describes possible adjustments and refinements. Finally, the discussed measures and weights are applied in order to provide a first descriptive overview of cultural diversity in in Europe at the regional (NUTS-2) level.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: WWWforEurope Working Paper ; No. 10

Classification
Wirtschaft
New Firms; Startups
Economic Development: Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
Subject
Regional development
cultural diversity
measurement issues

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Dohse, Dirk
Gold, Robert
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
WWWforEurope
(where)
Vienna
(when)
2013

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  • Arbeitspapier

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  • Dohse, Dirk
  • Gold, Robert
  • WWWforEurope

Time of origin

  • 2013

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