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Diversity of human capital and regional growth
Noseleit, Florian; Söllner, Rene - 2010
In this paper we study the impact of diversity on regional growth by extending the existing literature in such that we differentiate between industry diversity and human capital diversity. In order to measure human capital diversity we construct a regional measure based on individual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012619728
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Diversity in finance : an overview
Schmidt, Reinhard H. - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 87 (2018) 4, pp. 9-23
This paper aspires to provide an overview of the issue of diversity of banking and financial systems and its development over time from a positive and a normative perspective. In other word: how different are banks within a given country and how much do banking systems and entire financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012153474
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Spatial convergence in height in East-Central Europe, 1890-1910
Brabec, Marek; Komlos, John - 2007
We examine spatial convergence in biological well-being in the Habsburg Monarchy circa 1890-1910 on the basis of … population in 1890 the faster its height grew thereafter. Hence, there was convergence in physical stature between the peripheral … Viennese trend was about 0.9 cm per decade in favor of the former. But the convergence among the core districts themselves was …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003470484
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The Macrogenoeconomics of Comparative Development
Ashraf, Quamrul H.; Galor, Oded - 2017
The importance of evolutionary forces for comparative economic performance across societies has been the focus of a vibrant literature, highlighting the roles played by the Neolithic Revolution and the prehistoric “out of Africa” migration of anatomically modern humans in generating...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011615904
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The Macrogenoeconomics of Comparative Development
Ashraf, Quamrul; Galor, Oded - 2017
The importance of evolutionary forces for comparative economic performance across societies has been the focus of a vibrant literature, highlighting the roles played by the Neolithic Revolution and the prehistoric "out of Africa" migration of anatomically modern humans in generating worldwide...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653202
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The macrogenoeconomics of comparative development
Ashraf, Quamrul H.; Galor, Oded - 2016
A vibrant literature has emerged in recent years to explore the influences of human evolution and the genetic composition of populations on the comparative economic performance of societies, highlighting the roles played by the Neolithic Revolution and the prehistoric "out of Africa" migration...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011669322
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The Evolutionary Origins of the Wealth of Nations
Ashraf, Quamrul H.; Galor, Oded; Klemp, Marc P. B. - 2020
This essay explores the deepest roots of comparative economic development. It underscores the significance of evolutionary processes since the Neolithic Revolution in shaping a society's endowment of fundamental traits, such as predisposition towards child quality, time preference, loss...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012314911
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Evolution and the growth process: Natural selection of entrepreneurial traits
Galor, Oded; Michalopoulos, Stelios - 2012
evolutionary advantage, diminishing the growth potential of advanced economies and contributing to convergence in economic growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282576
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Diversity of communities and economic development : an overview
Ranis, Gustav - 2009
This paper reviews the literature on the impact of ethnic diversity on economic development. Ethnically polarized societies are less likely to agree on the provision of public goods and more likely to engage in rent seeking activities providing lower levels of social capital. Initial conditions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003879770
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The macrogenoeconomics of comparative development
Ashraf, Quamrul H.; Galor, Oded - 2016
A vibrant literature has emerged in recent years to explore the influences of human evolution and the genetic composition of populations on the comparative economic performance of societies, highlighting the roles played by the Neolithic Revolution and the prehistoric "out of Africa" migration...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011445396