Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/145427 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 2015-4
Publisher: 
Brown University, Department of Economics, Providence, RI
Abstract: 
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.
Subjects: 
Heterogeneity
Regional Development
Out-of-Africa Hypothesis
Comparative Development
Genetic Diversity
Nighttime Light Intensity
JEL: 
L25
M14
O10
O40
Z10
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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