TY - JOUR
T1 - Cultural interaction and economic development
T2 - An overview
AU - Gradstein, Mark
AU - Justman, Moshe
N1 - Funding Information:
Ultimately, this calculus can affect political support for restricting immigration or for segregating different cultural groups. In Gradstein and Justman (2018) offer a formal analysis of complete segregation, where individuals interact only with members of their own cultural group. It shows that segregation, though leading to slower growth, may emerge as the politically favored outcome, if the marginal disutility from erosion of one's group identity is sufficiently high. This finds empirical support in Tabellini (2018) historical study of US policies aimed at curtailing immigration in the first quarter of the 20th century, which found that these restrictions were enacted despite the economic benefits of immigration, due to political opposition on cultural grounds.13
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PY - 2019/9/1
Y1 - 2019/9/1
N2 - The rising scope and intensity of interaction between culturally polarized populations in a variety of political contexts has led to the emergence of a growing body of research on the reciprocal relationship between cultural interaction and economic development. This paper offers a brief overview of this literature. It first describes the multiple channels through which cultural divisions and economic development interact. Then, motivated by these observations, it presents a theoretical framework that highlights the scope for welfare-improving policy interventions in education, immigration policy and ethnic autonomy; surveys empirical evidence on such policies; and suggests directions for further research.
AB - The rising scope and intensity of interaction between culturally polarized populations in a variety of political contexts has led to the emergence of a growing body of research on the reciprocal relationship between cultural interaction and economic development. This paper offers a brief overview of this literature. It first describes the multiple channels through which cultural divisions and economic development interact. Then, motivated by these observations, it presents a theoretical framework that highlights the scope for welfare-improving policy interventions in education, immigration policy and ethnic autonomy; surveys empirical evidence on such policies; and suggests directions for further research.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2019.03.003
DO - 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2019.03.003
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85063032370
VL - 59
SP - 243
EP - 251
JO - European Journal of Political Economy
JF - European Journal of Political Economy
SN - 0176-2680
ER -
