Natural selection and the evolution of life expectancy

Arbeitspapier

This research develops an evolutionary growth theory that captures the intricate time path of life expectancy in the process of development, shedding new light on the origin of the remarkable rise in life expectancy since the Agricultural Revolution. The theory argues that social, economic and environmental changes that were associated with the transition from hunter-gatherer tribes to sedentary agricultural communities and ultimately to urban societies affected the nature of the environmental hazards confronted by the human population, triggering an evolutionary process that had a significant impact on the time path of human longevity.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: Working Paper ; No. 2004-14

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Health Behavior ; Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth ; Economic Development: General
• Thema: Life Expectancy ; Growth ; Technological Progress ; Evolution ; Natural Selection ; Malthusian Stagnation ; Evolutionsökonomik ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Sterblichkeit ; Technischer Fortschritt ; Bioökonomik ; Bevölkerungstheorie

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Galor, Oded ; Moav, Omer
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Brown University, Department of Economics
• (wo): Providence, RI
• (wann): 2004

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/80132
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ