Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/149593 
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Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
ZEF Discussion Papers on Development Policy No. 207
Publisher: 
University of Bonn, Center for Development Research (ZEF), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper looks at the integration of regions and nations through the prism of the merger of populations (societies). The paper employs a particular index of social stress. Stylized examples of the merging of two populations suggest that with integration, the social stress index will increase. The examples form the basis for the development of new formulas for calculating the social stress of an integrated population as a function of the levels of social stress of the constituent populations when apart. The formulas reveal that the social stress of an integrated population is higher than the sum of the levels of social stress of the constituent populations when apart. This raises the distinct possibility that the merging of populations may be a social liability: integration may fail to give the populace a sense of improved wellbeing.
Subjects: 
Integration of regions and nations
Merging populations
Social welfare
JEL: 
D02
D63
F55
P51
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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