Resumen de Australian cultural diversity and export growth
The Australian Government believes that Australia's cultural diversity provides a source of potential comparative advantage which will better equip Australia to be more competitive in the global market place and improve its export performance. The processes leading to such an outcome, as well as the actual and potential contribution of ethnic groups to Australian export performance, have been subjected to very limited research. This paper reviews the relevant literature on the links between cultural diversity and export performance and it identifies the basis on which there is likely to be a direct and systematic relationship. Tests for association between the growth in ethnic groups in Australia and the direction and growth of Australian exports towards recent emigrant countries are conducted, revealing a weak, irregular association. The implications of the findings, in relation to the participation of edinic groups in die export process, are discussed.
