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dc.contributor.authorBleaney, Michaelen
dc.contributor.authorDimico, Arcangeloen
dc.date.accessioned2010-08-19-
dc.date.accessioned2012-10-24T12:02:38Z-
dc.date.available2012-10-24T12:02:38Z-
dc.date.issued2008-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/65478-
dc.description.abstractWe use new data on the timing of the transition to agriculture, developed by Putterman and Trainor (2006), to test the theory of Diamond (1997) and Olsson and Hibbs (2005) that an earlier transition is reflected in higher incomes today. Our results confirm the theory, even after controlling for institutional quality and other geographical factors. The date of transition is correlated with prehistoric biogeography (the availability of wild grasses and large domesticable animal species). The factors conducive to high per capita incomes today are good institutions, an early transition to agriculture, access to the sea and a low incidence of fatal malaria. Geographical influences have been at work in all of these proximate determinants of per capita income.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aThe University of Nottingham, Centre for Research in Economic Development and International Trade (CREDIT) |cNottinghamen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aCREDIT Research Paper |x08/15en
dc.subject.jelO11en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordagricultureen
dc.subject.keywordgeographyen
dc.subject.keywordgrowthen
dc.subject.keywordinstitutionsen
dc.subject.stwEntwicklungen
dc.subject.stwLandwirtschaften
dc.subject.stwGeographieen
dc.subject.stwVolkseinkommenen
dc.subject.stwWirtschaftsgeschichteen
dc.subject.stwWelten
dc.titleBiogeographical conditions, the transition to agriculture and long-run growth-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn607310111en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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