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Exporting creative and cultural products: Birthplace diversity matters!

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  • Gianluca Orefice
  • Gianluca Santoni

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This paper analyses the effect of birthplace diversity on exports of creative and cultural goods, for 19 OECD countries, over the period 1990–2010. By matching UNESCO's creative and cultural exports classification to trade and migration data, we find a strong positive effect of birthplace diversity on the export of creative products. In particular, a 10% increase in the birthplace diversity index implies a 4% increase in creative goods exports. These results are robust across several specifications and shed light on a potential new channel through which migrants can contribute to the host country's export performance. It is interesting to note that only diversity of secondary and tertiary educated immigrants contributes to an increase in exports of creative and cultural goods. An instrumental variables approach addresses the potential endogeneity problems and confirms our results.

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  • Gianluca Orefice & Gianluca Santoni, 2018. "Exporting creative and cultural products: Birthplace diversity matters!," The World Economy, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 41(7), pages 1867-1887, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:worlde:v:41:y:2018:i:7:p:1867-1887
    DOI: 10.1111/twec.12649
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    1. Stelios Roupakias & Spiridoula Dimou, 2021. "Immigration, diversity and institutions," Kyklos, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 74(3), pages 396-416, August.
    2. Hwayoon Seok & Yoonjae Nam, 2022. "A Social Network Analysis of International Creative Goods Flow," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(8), pages 1-19, April.
    3. Zhou, Ying & Fan, Zhaobin & Anwar, Sajid, 2023. "Birthplace diversity of immigrants, capabilities and export structure transformation," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 119(C).
    4. Jin, Wenwan & Huang, Yongyuan & Zhu, Shengjun, 2025. "Birthplace diversity of immigrants and technological novelty: Unpacking the internal structure of diversity," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 221(C).
    5. Lorde, Troy & Alleyne, Antonio & Trotman, Cherise, 2017. "International Trade in Cultural Goods: An Assessment of Caribbean Exports," MPRA Paper 114706, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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    JEL classification:

    • F14 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Empirical Studies of Trade
    • F16 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade and Labor Market Interactions
    • F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration

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