Browsing FAS Scholarly Articles by Keyword "economic development"

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    • Birthplace Diversity and Economic Prosperity 

      Alesina, Alberto Francesco; Harnoss, Johann; Rapoport, Hillel (2015)
      We propose an index of population diversity based on peopleís birthplaces and decompose it into a size (share of immigrants) and a variety (diversity of immigrants) component. We show that birthplace diversity is largely ...

    • Who Gives Foreign Aid to Whom and Why? 

      Alesina, Alberto; Dollar, David (Springer Verlag, 2000)
      This paper studies the pattern of allocation of foreign aid from various donors to receiving countries. We find considerable evidence that the direction of foreign aid is dictated as much by political and strategic ...