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Roots of autocracy
Galor, Oded; Klemp, Marc P. B. - 2017
-colonial autocratic institutions within ethnic groups and the emergence of autocratic institutions across countries. Diversity has … amplified the importance of institutions in mitigating the adverse effects of non-cohesiveness on productivity, while … contributing to the scope for domination, leading to the formation of institutions of the autocratic type. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011645955
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Roots of autocracy
Galor, Oded; Klemp, Marc P. B. - 2015
This research explores the origins of the variation in the prevalence and nature of political institutions across globe … of political institutions across regions and societies. The study establishes that, while human diversity has amplified … the beneficial e.ects of institutions, mitigating the adverse e.ects of non-cohesiveness, its simultaneous contribution to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011333029
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Roots of autocracy
Galor, Oded; Klemp, Marc P. B. - 2017
-colonial autocratic institutions within ethnic groups and the emergence of autocratic institutions across countries. Diversity has … amplified the importance of institutions in mitigating the adverse effects of non-cohesiveness on productivity, while … contributing to the scope for domination, leading to the formation of institutions of the autocratic type. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011670896
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Human genealogy reveals a selective advantage to moderate fecundity
Galor, Oded; Klemp, Marc P. B. - 2019
This research presents the first evidence that moderate fecundity had maximized long-run reproductive success in the human population. Using a reconstructed genealogy for nearly half a million individuals in Quebec during the 1608-1800 period, we find that while a high fecundity was associated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011974939
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Fertility, income distribution, and economic growth : theory and cross-country evidence
Galor, Oded - In: Japan and the world economy : international journal of … 9 (1997) 2, pp. 197-229
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001221664
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The demographic transition and the emergence of sustained economic growth
Galor, Oded (contributor) - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002644961
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Inequality and economic development : an overview
Galor, Oded - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003897570
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2008 Lawrence R. Klein lecture : comparative economic development ; insights from unified growth theory
Galor, Oded - 2009
This paper explores the implications of Unified Growth Theory for the origins of existing differences in income per capita across countries. The theory sheds light on three fundamental layers of comparative development. It identifies the factors that have governed the pace of the transition from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003897830
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The demographic transition : causes and consequences
Galor, Oded - In: Cliometrica : journal of historical economics and … 6 (2012) 1, pp. 1-28
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009510613
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The demographic transition : causes and consequences
Galor, Oded - 2012
This paper develops the theoretical foundations and the testable implications of the various mechanisms that have been proposed as possible triggers for the demographic transition. Moreover, it examines the empirical validity of each of the theories and their significance for the understanding...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009530744