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ERC Consolidator Grant · 2019

States, Nationalism, and the Relationship between Ethnic Diversity and Public Goods Provision

Around the world, nationalist politicians see migrants and ethnic minorities as undeserved receivers of public goods. What underpins these exclusionary claims is the thesis that ethnic diversity impedes the prospects of economic progress and social welfare. Does this thesis withstand systematic inquiry? At a first glance, there are plenty of studies that link ethnic heterogeneity to the underprovision of public goods. An influential literature in political economy asserts a strong association between high levels of diversity and low levels of public service provision such as schooling or health care. States, Nationalism, and the Relationship between Ethnic Diversity and Public Goods…

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