Tina Das, professor of economics, and Casey DiRienzo, associate dean of the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business and associate professor of economics, have published an article, “Is Ethnic Diversity Good for the Environment? A cross country analysis,” in the Journal of Environment and Development, Vol. 19(1): 91-113.
Using the Environmental Performance Index developed by Columbia and Yale Universities in collaboration with the World Economic Forum, their study finds that countries with moderate levels of ethnic diversity experience the greatest environmental performance as they reap the benefits of a civically engaged society with creative, innovative, and efficient human talent pool, and do not bear the negative effects of a highly fractionalized society that typically suffers from poor communication and social cohesion, among other societal ills.
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