CAREER: Unity in Diversity? Migration, Culture and National Development

职业：多样性中的统一？

基本信息

批准号：
1942375
负责人：
Samuel Bazzi
金额：
$ 51.94万
依托单位：
National Bureau of Economic Research Inc
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Continuing Grant
财政年份：
2020
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2020-03-15 至 2025-02-28
项目状态：
未结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1942375&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
CAREER Unity Diversity Migration Culture

项目摘要

This CAREER project uses the latest economic research methods to explore how individuals and nations adapt to the challenges of diversity. The research brings together migration and its social consequences with a focus on three interconnected themes: (i) understanding migration choices of low-income workers, (ii) identifying the origins and consequences of cultural divisions, and (iii) examining policies that can help diverse groups coexist and thrive. The findings will directly inform several important policy debates: the wellbeing of vulnerable migrants, the rise of religious politics, the cultural origins of gender inequality, and political representation in new communities. By focusing on one of the largest and most diverse countries in the world---the United States---this research will offer insights into the difficulties of building unity amidst diversity and also identify the scope for policy to influence this process. This work will provide new opportunities for building bridges between citizens of the U.S. and other parts of the world. The projects will additionally develop new data and methods that can be used to explore related issues in other contexts. The results of this research project will lead to policies that strengthen and stabilize social institutions, hence increase economic growth. The results will also enhance America’s global leadership in democratic pluralism. This CAREER research agenda is based on five projects that will shed new light on migration and national development in diverse societies. Project 1 studies the first application of consumer quality ratings to address information asymmetries in global labor markets. Project 2 concerns the historical origins of conservative gender norms in the U.S. and explores how frontier settlement contributed to a persistent legacy of gender inequality in politics and the labor market. Project 3 investigates religious divisions and provides a novel explanation for the rise of some religious beliefs. Project 4 examines how competition between religious and public schools affects human capital formation and the ideological foundations of the state. Project 5 develops a new framework for studying how local political boundaries shape inequality in access to public goods. These projects rely on a broad toolkit including a randomized experiment (Project 1), novel historical data collection (Projects 2, 3, and 4), and natural policy experiments (Projects 3, 4, and 5). The findings from this research will advance social science knowledge about migration and the political and economic consequences of diversity. The results of this research project could help develop policies that help integration, strengthen and stabilize social institutions, hence increase economic growth. The results will also enhance America’s global leadership in democratic pluralism.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该职业项目采用最新的经济研究方法来探索个人和国家如何适应多样性的挑战。该研究将移民及其社会后果结合在一起，重点关注三个相互关联的主题：(i) 了解低收入工人的移民选择。，（ii）确定文化分歧的起源和后果，以及（iii）研究有助于不同群体共存和繁荣的政策。研究结果将直接为一些重要的政策辩论提供信息：弱势移民的福祉、宗教政治的兴起、性别不平等的文化根源和政治代表性通过关注世界上最大和最多元化的国家之一——美国，这项研究将深入了解在多样性中建立团结的困难，并确定影响这一点的政策范围。这项工作将为在美国和世界其他地区的公民之间建立桥梁提供新的机会，这些项目还将开发可用于探索其他背景下的相关问题的新数据和方法。将导致加强和稳定社会机构的政策，从而增加经济研究结果还将增强美国在民主多元化方面的全球领导地位。项目 1 是基于消费者质量评级来解决信息问题的五个项目。项目 2 关注美国保守性别规范的历史起源，并探讨边境定居如何导致政治和劳动力市场中长期存在的性别不平等。项目 3 调查宗教分歧，并为这一现象提供新颖的解释。项目 4 研究了宗教学校和公立学校之间的竞争如何影响人力资本的形成，以及国家的意识形态基础。项目 5 开发了一个新的框架来研究地方政治边界如何影响公共物品获取的不平等。这些项目依赖于广泛的工具包，包括随机实验（项目 1）、新颖的历史数据收集（项目 2、3 和 4）以及自然政策实验（项目 3、4 和 5）。该研究项目的结果有助于制定有助于一体化、加强和稳定社会机构的政策，从而促进经济增长，从而增强美国在民主多元化方面的全球领导地位。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。