Birthplace diversity and economic complexity: Cross-country evidence
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The Brookings Institution, Harvard Center for International Development
2 CESifo - CESifo
3 IZA - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit - Institute of Labor Economics
4 PSE - Paris School of Economics
5 PJSE - Paris Jourdan Sciences Economiques
6 UCL - Université Catholique de Louvain = Catholic University of Louvain
2 CESifo - CESifo
3 IZA - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit - Institute of Labor Economics
4 PSE - Paris School of Economics
5 PJSE - Paris Jourdan Sciences Economiques
6 UCL - Université Catholique de Louvain = Catholic University of Louvain
Résumé
We empirically investigate the relationship between a country’s economic complexity and the diversity in the birthplaces of its immigrants. Our cross-country analysis suggests that countries with higher birthplace diversity by one standard deviation are more economically complex by 0.1 to 0.18 standard deviations above the mean. This holds particularly for diversity among highly educated migrants and for countries at intermediate levels of economic complexity. We address endogeneity concerns by instrumenting diversity through predicted stocks from a pseudo-gravity model as well as from a standard shift-share approach. Finally, we provide evidence suggesting that birthplace diversity boosts economic complexity by increasing the diversification of the host country’s export basket.
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Type de dépôt | Article dans une revue |
Titre |
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Birthplace diversity and economic complexity: Cross-country evidence
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Résumé |
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We empirically investigate the relationship between a country’s economic complexity and the diversity in the birthplaces of its immigrants. Our cross-country analysis suggests that countries with higher birthplace diversity by one standard deviation are more economically complex by 0.1 to 0.18 standard deviations above the mean. This holds particularly for diversity among highly educated migrants and for countries at intermediate levels of economic complexity. We address endogeneity concerns by instrumenting diversity through predicted stocks from a pseudo-gravity model as well as from a standard shift-share approach. Finally, we provide evidence suggesting that birthplace diversity boosts economic complexity by increasing the diversification of the host country’s export basket.
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Auteur(s) |
Dany Bahar
1, 2, 3
, Hillel Rapoport
4, 5
, Riccardo Turati
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The Brookings Institution, Harvard Center for International Development
( 543934 )
- États-Unis
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CESifo -
CESifo
( 242007 )
- Allemagne
3
IZA -
Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit - Institute of Labor Economics
( 237214 )
- Schaumburg-Lippe-Str. 5-9 D-53113 Bonn Germany
- Allemagne
4
PSE -
Paris School of Economics
( 301309 )
- 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris
- France
5
PJSE -
Paris Jourdan Sciences Economiques
( 578027 )
- 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris
- France
6
UCL -
Université Catholique de Louvain = Catholic University of Louvain
( 92863 )
- Place de l'Université 1 - 1348 Louvain-La-Neuve
- Belgique
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Public visé |
Scientifique
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Numéro d'article |
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Date de publication |
2022-10
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Volume |
51
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Numéro |
8
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Langue du document |
Anglais
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Nom de la revue |
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Vulgarisation |
Non
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Comité de lecture |
Oui
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Audience |
Internationale
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Projet(s) ANR |
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Mots-clés |
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Economic complexity, Birthplace diversity, Immigration, Growth
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DOI | 10.1016/j.respol.2020.103991 |
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