| 来源类型 | Discussion paper
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| 规范类型 | 论文
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| 来源ID | DP8500
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| DP8500 The 'Out of Africa' Hypothesis, Human Genetic Diversity, and Comparative Economic Development |
| Oded Galor; Quamrul Ashraf
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| 发表日期 | 2011-08-01
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| 出版年 | 2011
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| 语种 | 英语
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| 摘要 | This research argues that deep-rooted factors, determined tens of thousands of years ago, had a significant effect on the course of economic development from the dawn of human civilization to the contemporary era. It advances and empirically establishes the hypothesis that, in the course of the exodus of Homo sapiens out of Africa, variation in migratory distance from the cradle of humankind to various settlements across the globe affected genetic diversity and has had a long-lasting effect on the pattern of comparative economic development that is not captured by geographical, institutional, and cultural factors. In particular, the level of genetic diversity within a society is found to have a hump-shaped effect on development outcomes in both the pre-colonial and the modern era, reflecting the trade-off between the beneficial and the detrimental effects of diversity on productivity. While the intermediate level of genetic diversity prevalent among Asian and European populations has been conducive for development, the high degree of diversity among African populations and the low degree of diversity among Native American populations have been a detrimental force in the development of these regions. |
| 主题 | International Macroeconomics
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| 关键词 | Comparative development
Human genetic diversity
Income per capita
Land productivity
Neolithic revolution
Population density
The 'out of africa' hypothesis
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| URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp8500
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| 来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom)
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| 资源类型 | 智库出版物
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| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/537337
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Oded Galor,Quamrul Ashraf. DP8500 The 'Out of Africa' Hypothesis, Human Genetic Diversity, and Comparative Economic Development. 2011.
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