Diasporas, Diversity, and Economic Activity: Evidence from 18th-century Berlin

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Erik Hornung, University of Cologne

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Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary Diversity may either increase economic activity by utilizing complementarities in production or lead to costly conflict over resources. Using city-district panel data from 18th-century Berlin, a major center of refuge for persecuted minorities in early modern Europe, we analyze the relationship between changes in diversity and economic activity. Prussian rulers specifically invited groups of skilled immigrants, such as Jews, Huguenots, and Bohemians, to settle in Berlin's newly-developed city quarters. We find that the resulting ethnic diversity fosters textile production in a much broader range of products than individual ethnicities, arguably reflecting complementarities between groups.


Scope of Project

Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage Berlin
Universe:  View help for Universe Annual data, 18 police districts of Berlin
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) administrative records data; geographic information system (GIS) data

Methodology

Data Source:  View help for Data Source Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preuischer Kulturbesitz, "Acta betre end die von dem Zustand der hiesigen Residenzien, ihren Manufakturen und Einwohnern jahrlich einzusendenden General Extracte," II. HA, Gen. Dir., Abt. 14 Kurmark, Tit. CCLXV (265), Nr. 2, 1742-1806.
Unit(s) of Observation:  View help for Unit(s) of Observation city-district by year
Geographic Unit:  View help for Geographic Unit Berlins police districts

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