Arbeitspapier
Genetic, cultural and geographical distances
This paper investigates how the measures of genetic distance between populations, which have been used in anthropology and historical linguistics, can be used in economics. What does the correlation between genetic distance and economic variables mean? Using the measure of genetic distance, a newly-collected database on transport costs, as well as more refined measures of geography within Europe, we show that i) geography explains both genetic distance and transportation costs between European countries, and ii) genetic distance does not explain economic outcomes once we control for geography. We conclude that genetic distance in economics capture transportation costs between countries and not cultural differences.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 2229
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Cultural Economics; Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology: General
Trade: General
- Thema
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transport costs
genetics
trade
geography
Menschen
Ethnologie
Kulturelle Beziehungen
Transportkosten
Europa
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (wer)
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Giuliano, Paola
Spilimbergo, Antonio
Tonon, Giovanni
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
- (wer)
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Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
- (wo)
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Bonn
- (wann)
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2006
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Giuliano, Paola
- Spilimbergo, Antonio
- Tonon, Giovanni
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2006
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