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A global compass for the great divergence : emissions vs. production centers of gravity 1820-2008
Sauter, Caspar; Grether, Jean-Marie; Mathys, Nicole Andréa - 2019
We construct the world's centers of gravity for human population, GDP and CO2 emissions by taking the best out of five …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011987041
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The out of Africa hypothesis of comparative economic development : common misconceptions
Ashraf, Quamrul H.; Galor, Oded; Klemp, Marc P. B. - 2019
The importance of the prehistoric migration of anatomically modern humans from Africa for comparative economic development has been the focus of a vibrant research agenda in the past decade. This influential literature has attracted the attention of some scholars from other disciplines, and in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011956347
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Family planning and climate change
Gerlagh, Reyer; Lupi, Veronica; Galeotti, Marzio - 2018
three-fourths are due to population growth. This striking evidence is not represented in the majority of climate … the interactions between climate change and population dynamics. We develop an analytical model of endogenous fertility …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011952006
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National happiness and genetic distance : a cautious exploration
Proto, Eugenio; Oswald, Andrew J. - 2015 - Revised
This paper studies a famous unsolved puzzle in quantitative social science. Why do some nations report such high levels of mental well-being? Denmark, for instance, regularly tops the league table of rich countries' happiness; Britain and the US enter further down; some nations do unexpectedly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011405676
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The "Out of Africa" hypothesis, human genetic diversity, and comparative economic development
Ashraf, Quamrul; Galor, Oded - 2012
progress. -- Out of Africa hypothesis ; human genetic diversity ; comparative development ; population density ; Neolithic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009530753
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National happiness and genetic distance : a cautious exploration
Proto, Eugenio; Oswald, Andrew J. - 2014
This paper examines a famous puzzle in social science. Why do some nations report such high happiness? Denmark, for instance, regularly tops the league table of rich nations' well-being; Great Britain and the US enter further down; France and Italy do relatively poorly. Yet the explanation for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010380028
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Modeling uncertainty in climate change : a multi-model comparison
Gillingham, Kenneth; Nordhaus, William D.; Anthoff, David; … - 2015
using multiple integrated assessment models. The study looks at model and parametric uncertainties for population, total …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011344715
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Immigration, human capital formation and endogenous economic growth
Ehrlich, Isaac; Kim, Jinyoung - 2015
Census data from international sources covering 77% of the world's migrant population indicate that the skill …, the population share of skilled migrants has been approaching or exceeding that of skilled natives. We offer theoretical … capital, population, income growth and distribution, and migration trends are endogenous. We derive new insights about the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011428114
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Populism and the skill-content of globalization : evidence from the last 60 years
Docquier, Frédéric; Guichard, Lucas; Iandolo, Stefano; … - 2022
We analyze the long-run evolution of populism and explore the role of globalization in shaping such evolution. We use an imbalanced panel of 628 national elections in 55 countries over 60 years. A first novelty is our reliance on both standard (e.g., the ”volume margin”, or vote share of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013440433
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Religion and cooperation across the globe
Caicedo, Felipe Valencia; Dohmen, Thomas; Pondorfer, Andreas - 2023
Social science research has stressed the important role of religion in sustaining cooperation among non-kin. We contribute to this literature with a large-scale empirical study documenting the relationship between religion and cooperation. We analyze newly available, experimentally validated,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014248997