It would be even more interesting if they could attract excellent BAME or disabled candidates – the measures of diversity on which least progress has been made.
(An inclusion rider is a clause in a contract that requires producers to hire gender-equal crews and/or meet other measures of diversity).
But there is still some way to go when it comes to other measures of diversity: 3% of the top earners are BME, rising to 5% for upper tier or unitary authorities – but a big fat 0% in the shires.
Assessing the health of a nation soley based on its wealth is like assessing the health of a child solely based on its weight.The research shows that measures of diversity make strong predictions about future GDP growth.
Figure 1 Distribution of the measures of diversity.
The measures of diversity are computed using the 2011 census.
For a survey of definitions and measures of diversity, see Magurran (1988).
40176_2014_50_MOESM1_ESM.docx Additional file 1: Table S1: Correlation across the measures of diversity, Table S2.
These plots can be constructed using single or combined measures of diversity.
Figure 2 Distribution of the measures of diversity by respondents' district of residence.
Admissible measures of diversity allow specification of the number of types (species, alleles, etc).
