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This paper suggests a theoretical framework and provides empirical evidence for a hump-shaped relationship between the fraction of novelty-seeking traits in society and current levels of per capita income. The hypothesis is that novelty-seeking traits produce two countervailing effects on...
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This research establishes that migratory distance from the cradle of anatomically modern humans in East Africa and its …
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dropped substantially in all regions with the exception of Sub-Saharan Africa. We assess if poverty is in the African gene by … revisiting the findings of Ashraf and Galor (2013, AER) and reformulating the 'Out of Africa Hypothesis' into a 'Genetic … Diversity Hypothesis' for a 'Within Africa Analysis'. We motivate this reformulation with five shortcomings arising for the most …
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dropped substantially in all regions with the exception of Sub-Saharan Africa. We assess if poverty is in the African gene by … revisiting the findings of Ashraf and Galor (2013, AER) and reformulating the ‘Out of Africa Hypothesis' into a ‘Genetic … Diversity Hypothesis' for a ‘Within Africa Analysis'. We motivate this reformulation with five shortcomings arising for the most …
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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...
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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/10011800629
cross-country variation in genetic diversity by appealing to the “out of Africa” hypothesis of human origins to empirically …
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empirically establishes the hypothesis that, in the course of the exodus of Homo sapiens out of Africa, variation in migratory … diversity have intensified in an environment characterized by more rapid technological progress. -- The "Out of Africa …
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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 …
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