Arbeitspapier
Human genetic diversity and comparative economic development
This research contributes to the understanding of human genetic diversity within a society as a significant determinant of its economic development. The hypothesis advanced and empirically examined in this paper suggests that there are socioeconomic trade-offs associated with genetic diversity within a given society. The investigation exploits an exogenous source of cross-country variation in genetic diversity by appealing to the 'out of Africa' hypothesis of human origins to empirically establish a highly statistically significant and robust non-monotonic effect of genetic diversity on development outcomes in the pre-colonial era. Contrary to theories that reject a possible role for human genetics in influencing economic development, this study demonstrates the economic significance of diversity in genetic traits, while abstaining entirely from conceptual frameworks that posit a hierarchy of such traits in terms of their conduciveness to the process of economic development.
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: Working Paper ; No. 2008-3
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Economic History: Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations: General, International, or Comparative
Economic History: Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy: General, International, or Comparative
Economic History: Agriculture, Natural Resources, Environment, and Extractive Industries: General, International, or Comparative
Economic Development: General
Economywide Country Studies: General
Cultural Economics; Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology: General
- Thema
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Human genetic diversity
Comparative development
Population density
Neolithic Revolution
Land productivity
Malthusian stagnation
Gesellschaft
Biodiversität
Bevölkerungstheorie
Wirtschaftswachstum
Entwicklung
Produktivität
Bevölkerungsdichte
Anthropologie
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Ashraf, Quamrul
Galor, Oded
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Brown University, Department of Economics
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Providence, RI
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2008
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:41 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Ashraf, Quamrul
- Galor, Oded
- Brown University, Department of Economics
Entstanden
- 2008