Economics of Cultural Diversity

Edited by Peter Nijkamp, Professor Emeritus, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands, the Centre for European Studies, Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza din Iasi, Romania and the School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University, China, Jacques Poot, National Institute of Demographic and Economic Analysis, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand and Jessie Bakens, School of Business and Economics, Maastricht University, the Netherlands

• Contents: Preface1. E Pluribus Prosperitas: On Cultural Diversity and Economic DevelopmentJessie Bakens, Peter Nijkamp and Jacques PootPART I: SOCIO-ECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY2. Cultural Diversity – A Matter of Measurement Peter Nijkamp and Jacques Poot3. Ethnic Goods and Immigrant AssimilationIlhom Abdulloev, Gil S. Epstein and Ira N. Gang4. The Determinants of Religiosity among Immigrants and the Native Born in EuropeMariya Aleksynska and Barry R. Chiswick5. Economic Integration Challenges: Aboriginal Population in Saskatchewan, CanadaM. Rose Olfert and Iryna LobachPART II: CULTURAL SEGREGATION AND SORTING6. Canada’s Multiculturalism and Domestic MigrationMichael R. Betz, M. Rose Olfert and Mark D. Partridge7. Do Better Educated Emigrants Intend to Return? Evidence from Estonian Return Migration from FinlandEnel Pungas, Ott Toomet and Tiit Tammaru8. Ethnic Segregation and Crime: Are Offenders Ethnically Biased When Choosing Target Areas?Wim Bernasco9. Ethnic Heterogeneity at Neighbourhood Level in the NetherlandsAslan Zorlu and Joop HartogPART III: SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACTS OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY10. Establishments’ Cultural Diversity and Innovation: Evidence from GermanyStephan Brunow and Bastian Stockinger11. All in the Mix? Top Team Demographics and Business Performance in English Firms, 2008-9Max Nathan12. The Cultural Percolation of New Knowledge: A Regional Analysis of the Cultural Impact on Knowledge Creation in EU27Annie Tubadji and Peter Nijkamp13. A US State-Level Analysis of Self-Employment, Cultural Diversity, and Risk Tolerance Brian J. Osoba14. Foreign Scientists and Engineers and Economic Growth in Canadian Labor MarketsGiovanni Peri and Kevin Shih15. International Financial Transfers by Foreign Labour: Remittances from Informal MigrantsMasood Gheasi, Peter Nijkamp and Piet Rietveld16. Ethnic Diversity and Firm Productivity in the NetherlandsJan Möhlmann and Jessie BakensIndex