https://www.ojs.jcr-econ.org/index.php/jcre/issue/feedJournal of Comments and Replications in Economics2024-04-04T11:50:42+02:00Chuan Liujcre@zbw-online.euOpen Journal Systems<p>The <strong>Journal of Comments and Replication in Economics (JCRE)</strong> replaces the previous <a href="https://www.iree.eu/">International Journal for Re-Views in Empirical Economics (IREE)</a>. JCRE remains the premier journal for publishing replication studies and also publishes commentaries on original studies in Economics. </p> <p>For more detailed information on JCRE, visit our <a href="https://www.jcr-econ.org/">journal website</a>.</p>https://www.ojs.jcr-econ.org/index.php/jcre/article/view/22Migration, Diversity, and Economic Growth. A Replication Study of Bove and Elia (World Development, 2017)2023-08-10T23:26:42+02:00Luigi Venturaluigi.ventura@uniroma1.itBianca Balsimelli Ghelli bianca.balsimellighelli@uniroma1.it<p>A <span dir="ltr" role="presentation"> recent and well known paper, Bove and Elia (2017), argues that migrants’ </span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">diversity, as captured by the indexes of both fractionalization and polarization, </span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">exerts a posive effect on GDP growth.</span> <span dir="ltr" role="presentation">In fact, by using the same datasset </span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">and methodology, we show that the impact of diversity cannot be distinguished </span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">from that of migration itself, due to the very high correlation among the corre</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">sponding variables. Also, if one disentangles migration from diversity, following </span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">Alesina et al. (2016), only migration maintains a positive impact on growth </span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">while diversity, as captured by fractionalization, turns out to be weakly and </span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">positively associated to growth, but limitedly to the 1980-2010 time span. Po</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">larization, on the other hand, does not seem to exert any effect on growth. The </span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">question as to whether diversity is more or less beneficial in terms of economic </span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">growth remains therefore an intriguing one, and calls for more theoretical and </span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">empirical analyses, possibly based on less (geographically) aggregated data.</span></p>2024-04-04T00:00:00+02:00Copyright (c) 2024 Journal of Comments and Replications in Economics