%0 Report
        %A Akay, Alpaslan
%A Constant, Amelie F.
%A Giulietti, Corrado
%A Guzi, Martin
        %T Ethnic Diversity and Well-Being
        %D 2016
        %8 2016 Feb
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 9726
        %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp9726
        %X This paper investigates how ethnic diversity, measured by the immigrants' countries of origin, influences the well-being of the host country. Using panel data from Germany for the period 1998 to 2012, we find a positive effect of ethnic diversity on the well-being of German citizens. To corroborate the robustness of our results, we estimate several alternative specifications and investigate possible causality issues, including non-random selection of natives and immigrants into regions. Finally, we explore productivity and social capital as potential mechanisms behind our finding.
        %K assimilation
%K multiculturality
%K subjective well-being
%K ethnic diversity