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Cultural Diversity, Geographical Isolation, and the Origin of the Wealth of Nations

Ashraf, Quamrul; Galor, Oded - Center for Development Economics, Williams College - 2011

accumulation of society-specific human capital. Thus, they operated more efficiently with respect to their production …-industrial times (i.e., prior to the advent of airborne transportation technology) has had a persistent negative impact on the extent …

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Cultural Diversity, Geographical Isolation, and the Origin of the Wealth of Nations

Ashraf, Quamrul; Galor, Oded - Economics Department, Williams College - 2011

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Cultural Diversity, Geographical Isolation, and the Origin of the Wealth of Nations

Ashraf, Quamrul; Galor, Oded - Economics Department, Williams College - 2011

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Cultural Diversity, Geographical Isolation, and the Origin of the Wealth of Nations

Ashraf, Quamrul; Galor, Oded - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

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Cultural diversity, geographical isolation, and the origin of the wealth of nations

Ashraf, Quamrul; Galor, Oded - 2012

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Cultural assimilation, cultural diffusion and the origin of the wealth of nations

Ashraf, Quamrul; Galor, Oded - 2007

This research argues that variations in the interplay between cultural assimilation and cultural diffusion have played a significant role in giving rise to differential patterns of economic development across the globe. Societies that were geographically less vulnerable to cultural diffusion,...

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