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The "Out of Africa" Hypothesis, Human Genetic Diversity, and Comparative Economic Development
Galor, Oded; Ashraf, Quamrul - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011
empirically establishes the hypothesis that, in the course of the exodus of Homo sapiens out of Africa, variation in migratory …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009226940
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The Long-Run Effects of the Scramble for Africa
Michalopoulos, Stelios; Papaioannou, Elias - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011
We examine the long-run consequences of ethnic partitioning, a neglected aspect of the Scramble for Africa caused by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009372434
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Genetic Diversity and the Origins of Cultural Fragmentation
Galor, Oded; Ashraf, Quamrul - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
genetic diversity, predominantly determined during the prehistoric "out of Africa" migration of humans, is an underlying cause …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010785633
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The Caloric Costs of Culture: Evidence from Indian Migrants
Atkin, David - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
Anthropologists have long documented substantial and persistent differences across social groups in the preferences and taboos for particular foods. One natural question to ask is whether such food cultures matter in an economic sense. In particular, can culture constrain caloric intake and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010674281
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National Institutions and Subnational Development in Africa
Michalopoulos, Stelios; Papaioannou, Elias - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012
We investigate the role of national institutions on subnational African development in a novel framework that accounts both for local geography and cultural-genetic traits. We exploit the fact that the political boundaries in the eve of African independence partitioned more than two hundred...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011095623
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Institutional Comparative Statics
Robinson, James Alan; Torvik, Ragnar - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011
Why was the Black Death followed by the decline of serfdom in Western Europe but its' intensification in Eastern Europe? What explains why involvement in Atlantic trade in the Early Modern period was positively correlated with economic growth in Britain but negatively correlated in Spain? Why...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009652874
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Ruggedness: The Blessing of Bad Geography in Africa
Nunn, Nathan; Puga, Diego - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009
effect on income. However, in Africa rugged terrain afforded protection to those being raided during the slave trades. Since … the slave trades retarded subsequent economic development, in Africa ruggedness has also had a historical indirect … for Africa the indirect positive effect dominates the direct negative effect. Looking within Africa, we also provide …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004991258
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The Economics of Climate Change
Pizer, William A.; Goulder, Lawrence H. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2006
Global climate change poses a threat to the well-being of humans and other living things through impacts on ecosystem functioning, biodiversity, capital productivity, and human health. This paper briefly surveys recent research on the economics of climate change, including theoretical insights...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005004701
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De Facto and De Jure Property Rights: Land Settlement and Land Conflict on the Australian, Brazilian and U.S. Frontiers
Alston, Lee J.; Mueller, Bernardo; Harris, Edwyna - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009
We present a conceptual framework to better understand the interaction between settlement and the emergence of de facto property rights on frontiers prior to governments establishing and enforcing de jure property rights. In this framework, potential rents associated with more exclusivity drives...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005109526
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This Time is Different Chartbook: Country Histories on Debt, Default, and Financial Crises
Reinhart, Carmen - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010
This Chartbook provides a pictorial history, on a country-by-country basis, of public debt and economic crises of various forms. It is a timeline of a country's creditworthiness and financial turmoil. The analysis, narrative, and illustrations in Reinhart and Rogoff (2009), This Time is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008615769