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Hornung, Erik ORCID: 0000-0002-2313-7080 (2019). Diasporas, diversity, and economic activity: Evidence from 18th-century Berlin. Explorations in Economic History, 73. p. 101261. SAN DIEGO: Elsevier Science. ISSN 1090-2457

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Abstract

Diversity may either increase economic activity by utilizing complementarities in production or lead to costly conflict over resources. Using city-district panel data from 18th-century Berlin, a major center of refuge for persecuted minorities in early modern Europe, we analyze the relationship between changes in diversity and economic activity. Prussian rulers specifically invited groups of skilled immigrants, such as Jews, Huguenots, and Bohemians, to settle in Berlin's newly-developed city quarters. We find that the resulting ethnic diversity fosters textile production in a much broader range of products than individual ethnicities, arguably reflecting complementarities between groups.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Hornung, Erik UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-2313-7080 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-135846
DOI:	10.1016/j.eeh.2018.10.001
Journal or Publication Title:	Explorations in Economic History
Volume:	73
Page Range:	p. 101261
Date:	2019
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Place of Publication:	SAN DIEGO
ISSN:	1090-2457
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Management, Economy and Social Sciences
Divisions:	Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences > Economics > Microeconomics, Institutions and markets > Professorship for Economic and Entrepreneurial History
Subjects:	Economics
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language ETHNIC DIVERSITY; DIFFUSION; GROWTH; IMMIGRATION; HUGUENOTS; US Multiple languages Economics; History Of Social Sciences Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/13584