| 来源类型 | Discussion paper |
| 规范类型 | 论文 |
| 来源ID | DP6817 |
| DP6817 Controversies about the Rise in American Inequality: A Survey | |
| Robert J. Gordon; Ian Dew-Becker | |
| 发表日期 | 2008-05-23 |
| 出版年 | 2008 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | 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. |
| 主题 | International Macroeconomics |
| 关键词 | Comparative development Human genetic diversity Land productivity Malthusian stagnation Neolithic revolution Population density |
| URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp6817 |
| 来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom) |
| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/535663 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Robert J. Gordon,Ian Dew-Becker. DP6817 Controversies about the Rise in American Inequality: A Survey. 2008. |
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