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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.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Working Paper ; No. 2008-3

Klassifikation
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
Human genetic diversity
Comparative development
Population density
Neolithic Revolution
Land productivity
Malthusian stagnation
Gesellschaft
Biodiversität
Bevölkerungstheorie
Wirtschaftswachstum
Entwicklung
Produktivität
Bevölkerungsdichte
Anthropologie

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Ashraf, Quamrul
Galor, Oded
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Brown University, Department of Economics
(wo)
Providence, RI
(wann)
2008

Handle
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Ashraf, Quamrul
  • Galor, Oded
  • Brown University, Department of Economics

Entstanden

  • 2008

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