@techreport{Ashraf2008Human,
abstract = {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.},
address = {Providence, RI},
author = {Quamrul Ashraf and Oded Galor},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {N10; N30; N50; O10; O50; Z10; 330; Human genetic diversity; Comparative development; Population density; Neolithic Revolution; Land productivity; Malthusian stagnation; Gesellschaft; Biodiversit\"{a}t; Bev\"{o}lkerungstheorie; Wirtschaftswachstum; Entwicklung; Produktivit\"{a}t; Bev\"{o}lkerungsdichte; Anthropologie},
language = {eng},
number = {2008-3},
publisher = {Brown Univ., Dep. of Economics},
title = {Human genetic diversity and comparative economic development},
type = {Working Paper, Brown University, Department of Economics},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/62667},
year = {2008}
}
