Measuring the diversity dividend for community-level health and women's empowerment in Africa
Despite the large body of evidence for a negative association between ethnic diversity and socio-economic development at the national level, there is reason to suppose that community-level diversity may be positively associated with development outcomes. For example, personal interaction with member...
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| description | Despite the large body of evidence for a negative association between ethnic diversity and socio-economic development at the national level, there is reason to suppose that community-level diversity may be positively associated with development outcomes. For example, personal interaction with members of an out-group may facilitate the erosion of traditional social norms that inhibit the adoption of innovations that can improve the quality of life. Using household survey data from 20 Sub-Saharan African countries, we measure the overall association of community-level diversity with several measures of women's empowerment and child health. For most of the measures, we find a positive association, even when we condition on other household characteristics such as education and wealth. Our results suggest that the diversity dividend is not just a characteristic of a few idiosyncratic locations, but part of a broad trend. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6d50f08355c24787bd291786dd22f4982022-12-22T03:52:00ZengElsevierSSM: Population Health2352-82732022-12-0120101294Measuring the diversity dividend for community-level health and women's empowerment in AfricaDavid Fielding0Global Development Institute, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK; Department of Economics, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, 9054, New Zealand; Global Development Institute, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UKDespite the large body of evidence for a negative association between ethnic diversity and socio-economic development at the national level, there is reason to suppose that community-level diversity may be positively associated with development outcomes. For example, personal interaction with members of an out-group may facilitate the erosion of traditional social norms that inhibit the adoption of innovations that can improve the quality of life. Using household survey data from 20 Sub-Saharan African countries, we measure the overall association of community-level diversity with several measures of women's empowerment and child health. For most of the measures, we find a positive association, even when we condition on other household characteristics such as education and wealth. Our results suggest that the diversity dividend is not just a characteristic of a few idiosyncratic locations, but part of a broad trend.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352827322002737Diversity dividendEthno-linguistic fractionalizationWomen's empowermentAfrica |
| spellingShingle | David Fielding Measuring the diversity dividend for community-level health and women's empowerment in Africa SSM: Population Health Diversity dividend Ethno-linguistic fractionalization Women's empowerment Africa |
| title | Measuring the diversity dividend for community-level health and women's empowerment in Africa |
| title_full | Measuring the diversity dividend for community-level health and women's empowerment in Africa |
| title_fullStr | Measuring the diversity dividend for community-level health and women's empowerment in Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Measuring the diversity dividend for community-level health and women's empowerment in Africa |
| title_short | Measuring the diversity dividend for community-level health and women's empowerment in Africa |
| title_sort | measuring the diversity dividend for community level health and women s empowerment in africa |
| topic | Diversity dividend Ethno-linguistic fractionalization Women's empowerment Africa |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352827322002737 |
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