族群多样性与经济增长--基于经济学视角的综述

ETHNIC DIVERSITY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH—A Literature Review Based on the Economic Viewpoint

文章回顾了关于族群多样性和经济增长关系的一系列文献,由于研究对象、前提假设、指标选择上的不同,学者们得到了不同的结论。一开始的研究结论更倾向于认为族群多样性对经济增长有负面影响,但这一结论没有得到后续研究的有力支持。学者们开始转向研究族群多样性和经济增长的间接影响,以及将族群多样性看做内生变量,分析两者的关系。文章主要从以下几个方面进行了回顾总结:一是族群多样性的识别标准、测度方法;二是族群多样性影响经济增长的渠道;三是分析族群多样性对经济增长产生影响的理论基础和研究框架。最后为国内相关研究提出了几点建议。

This paper surveys the literatures on the effect of ethnic diversity on economic policies and outcomes.The conclusions of these theses are different due to the different hypothesis,objects of study,data resource and analysis framework.Seminal empirical papers show that ethnic diversity negatively affects macroeconomic performance.There has been,however,somewhat limited success in sustaining the evidence for this direct negative effect.Therefore,academics turn to study the indirect effect of ethnic diversity on it.They regard ethnic diversity as endogenous variable of macroeconomic and analyze their relation.We summarize the literatures from three aspects: the identification of ethnic diversity,the channel between ethnic diversity and economic growth,and the rationale and research framework of the ethnic diversity's effect on economic growth.At the end of the paper,we give some suggestions for domestic relevant research.