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| DC Field | | Value | | Language |
| dc.contributor.author | | Ashraf, Quamrul | | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | | Galor, Oded | | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | | 2010-02-25 | | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | | 2012-09-17T11:32:08Z | | - |
| dc.date.available | | 2012-09-17T11:32:08Z | | - |
| dc.date.issued | | 2008 | | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/62667 | | - |
| dc.description.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. | | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | | eng | | en_US |
| dc.publisher | | Brown Univ., Dep. of Economics Providence, RI | | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | | Working Paper, Brown University, Department of Economics 2008-3 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | N10 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | N30 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | N50 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | O10 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | O50 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | Z10 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.ddc | | 330 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | Human genetic diversity | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | Comparative development | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | Population density | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | Neolithic Revolution | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | Land productivity | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | Malthusian stagnation | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Gesellschaft | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Biodiversität | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Bevölkerungstheorie | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Wirtschaftswachstum | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Entwicklung | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Produktivität | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Bevölkerungsdichte | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Anthropologie | | en_US |
| dc.title | | Human genetic diversity and comparative economic development | | en_US |
| dc.type | | Working Paper | | en_US |
| dc.identifier.ppn | | 57183860X | | en_US |
| dc.rights | | http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen | | en_US |
| Appears in Collections: | | Working Papers, Department of Economics, Brown University
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