Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/101977 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
Nota di Lavoro No. 34.2014
Publisher: 
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), Milano
Abstract: 
The paper investigates the determinants of ethnic heterogeneity of the Italian provinces. Among other factors, the paper tests empirically whether gradual improvements in distant communication boost the generation of ethnically heterogeneous provinces. Consequently to easier communication, movers increasingly rely on an enlarged community for identity transmission, rather than on localized peer effects of the ethnic enclaves. The empirical estimation provides support to this hypothesis. Improvements in internet communications are found to increase the ethnic diversity of the Italian provinces.
Subjects: 
Immigration
Ethnic Diversity
Productivity
JEL: 
F22
J61
R11
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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