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Climatic roots of loss aversion
Galor, Oded; Savitskiy, Viacheslav - 2018
This research explores the origins of loss aversion and the variation in its prevalence across regions, nations and ethnic group. It advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically that the evolution of loss aversion in the course of human history can be traced to the adaptation of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011912825
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The "Out of Africa" hypothesis, human genetic diversity, and comparative economic development
Ashraf, Quamrul; Galor, Oded - 2012
empirically establishes the hypothesis that in the course of the exodus of Homo sapiens out of Africa, variation in migratory … progress. -- Out of Africa hypothesis ; human genetic diversity ; comparative development ; population density ; Neolithic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009530753
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Geographical origins and economic consequences of language structures
Galor, Oded; Özak, Ömer; Sarid, Assaf - 2016
This research explores the economic causes and consequences of language structures. It advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically that variations in pre-industrial geographical characteristics that were conducive to higher return to agricultural investment, larger gender gap in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011581726
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The impact of the prehistoric Out of Africa migration on cultural diversity
Galor, Oded; Klemp, Marc P. B.; Wainstock, Daniel … - 2023
Evidence suggests that the prehistoric Out of Africa Migration has impacted the degree of intra-population genetic and …. Leveraging a folklore catalogue of 958 oral traditions across the world, we find that ethnic groups further away from East Africa …, phenotypic, and phonemic traits along the Out of Africa migration routes, setting conditions for the emergence and proliferation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014250074
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The macrogenoeconomics of comparative development
Ashraf, Quamrul; Galor, Oded - 2017
vibrant literature, highlighting the roles played by the Neolithic Revolution and the prehistoric "out of Africa" migration of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011596149
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Implementation of local content regulation: The case study of a foreign-owned mining operation in Tanzania
Ramadhani, Jambo; Maliti, Emmanuel - 2023
Based on a case study of an anonymous mining company in Tanzania, this study assesses the implementation of the local content (LC) regulations and guidelines in the country. The analysis focused on the key LC aspects of the direct workforce (employment and training), procurement of goods and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014477549
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Does it matter where you came from? : ancestry composition and economic performance of US counties, 1850 - 2010
Fulford, Scott L.; Petkov, Ivan; Schiantarelli, Fabio - 2015
The United States provides a unique laboratory for understanding how the cultural, institutional, and human capital endowments of immigrant groups shape economic outcomes. In this paper, we use census micro-sample information to reconstruct the country-of-ancestry distribution for US counties...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010528617
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Genetic diversity and the origins of cultural fragmentation
Ashraf, Quamrul; Galor, Oded - 2013
genetic diversity, predominantly determined during the prehistoric "out of Africa" migration of humans, is an underlying cause …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009697544
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The shadow of the Neolithic Revolution on life expectancy : a double-edged sword
Franck, Raphaël; Galor, Oded; Moav, Omer; Özak, Ömer - 2022
This research explores the persistent effect of the Neolithic Revolution on the evolution of life expectancy in the course of human history. It advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically that the onset of the Neolithic Revolution and the associated rise in infectious diseases triggered...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013170449
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Economic production and the spread of supernatural beliefs
Araújo, Daniel; Carrillo, Bladimir; Sampaio, Breno - 2021
Religion and beliefs in the supernatural are present in all societies. Yet, studies about the spread of small-scale supernatural belief systems remain quite limited. In this work, we test the anthropological hypothesis that historical dependence on pastoralism favored the adoption of customs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012793318