Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/73029 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
Nota di Lavoro No. 68.2012
Publisher: 
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), Milano
Abstract: 
The paper investigates the determinants of cosmopolitan cities. The hypothesis tested empirically is whether gradual improvements in distant communication boost the generation of ethnically heterogeneous cities. Consequently to easier communication, movers increasingly rely on an enlarged community for identity transmission, rather than on localized peer effects of segregated environment. The empirical estimation provides support to the prediction of the model. A better access to the airports as well as improvements in internet communications are found to increase city ethnic diversity.
Subjects: 
Multicutural Cities
Ethnic Diversity
Productivity
JEL: 
R11
F22
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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