Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/27717 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
ZEW Discussion Papers No. 09-036
Publisher: 
Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim
Abstract: 
We review the empirical literature that studies the effect of ethnic diversity on the welfare state and on individual attitudes. The outcome variables that we cover in the survey are on the one hand public spending, and on the other hand individual attitudes and behaviour, including charity spending. We also review the fast-growing literature that uses experiments to study the effects of ethnic diversity. Many of these studies have appeared since the pioneering survey by Alesina and La Ferrara (2005a), and have not been covered by a survey before.
Subjects: 
redistribution
social security
welfare state
immigration
ethnic diversity
survey
JEL: 
H53
H55
I38
J15
J61
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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