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Evolution and the Growth Process:Natural Selection of Entrepreneurial Traits

Galor, Oded; Michalopoulos, Stelios - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2012

This research suggests that a Darwinian evolution of entrepreneurial spirit played asignificant role in the process of … economic development and the dynamics of inequality withinand across societies. The study argues that entrepreneurial spirit … evolved non-monotonicallyin the course of human history. In early stages of development, risk-tolerant, growthpromoting traits …

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Be Fruitful and Multiply? Moderate Fecundity and Long-Run Reproductive Success

Galor, Oded; Klemp, Marc - 2014

a larger predisposition towards child quality, contributing to the onset of the demographic transition and the evolution …

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Human genealogy reveals a selective advantage to moderate fecundity

Galor, Oded; Klemp, Marc P. B. - 2019

contributed to the onset of the demographic transition and thus to the evolution of societies to an era of sustained economic …

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The Agricultural Origins of Time Preference

Galor, Oded; Özak, Ömer - 2014

This research explores the origins of the distribution of time preference across regions. It advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically, that geographical variations in natural land productivity and their impact on the return to agricultural investment have had a persistent effect on...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010409383

The Biocultural Origins of Human Capital Formation

Galor, Oded; Klemp, Marc P. B. - 2014

and the evolution of societies from an epoch of stagnation to sustained economic growth. …

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Be fruitful and multiply? Moderate fecundity and long-run reproductive success

Galor, Oded; Klemp, Marc - 2013

a larger predisposition towards child quality, contributing to the onset of the demographic transition and the evolution …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010420278

The Agricultural Origins of Time Preference

Galor, Oded; Özak, Ömer - 2015

This research explores the origins of the distribution of time preference across regions. It advances the hypothesis, and establishes empirically that geographical variations in the natural return to agricultural investment have had a persistent effect on the distribution of time preference...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010480902

The neolithic revolution and contemporary variations in life expectancy

Galor, Oded; Moav, Omer - 2007

This research advances an evolutionary theory and provides empirical evidence that shed new light on the origins of contemporary differences in life expectancy across countries. The theory suggests that social, economic and environmental changes that were associated with the Neolithic Revolution...

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Natural selection and the evolution of life expectancy

Galor, Oded; Moav, Omer - 2004

process of development, shedding new light on the origin of the remarkable rise in life expectancy since the Agricultural …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010318901

Darwinian evolution of entrepreneurial spirit and the process of development

Galor, Oded; Michalopoulos, Stelios - 2006

economic development and the evolution of inequality within and across societies. The study argues that entrepreneurial spirit …This research suggests that a Darwinian evolution of entrepreneurial spirit played a significant role in the process of … evolved nonmonotonically in the course of human history. In early stages of development, the rise in income generated an …

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