| 来源类型 | Working Paper
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| 规范类型 | 报告
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| DOI | 10.3386/w27706
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| 来源ID | Working Paper 27706
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| History as Evolution |
| Nathan Nunn
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| 发表日期 | 2020-08-17
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| 出版年 | 2020
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| 语种 | 英语
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| 摘要 | In this chapter, I consider the benefits of viewing history through an evolutionary lens. In recent decades, a field of research has emerged, which builds on foundations from biological evolution to study culture within an evolutionary framework. I begin the chapter by discussing the theory behind cultural evolution and the empirical evidence supporting its ability to explain the history of human societies. I then turn to a discussion of how an evolutionary perspective provides important insights into a range of phenomena within economics, including a deeper understanding of human capital, innovation, gender roles, the consequences of warfare, the effects of market competition, why we observe historical persistence and path dependence, and, most importantly, why sustained economic growth is often so elusive. I end by turning to a summary of a growing body of research within economics that has made progress in improving our understanding of cultural evolution and, thus, contributing to evolutionary disciplines outside of economics. |
| 主题 | Microeconomics
; Game Theory
; History
; Macroeconomic History
; Other
; Culture
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| URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/w27706
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| 来源智库 | National Bureau of Economic Research (United States)
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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/585378
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