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This research examines theoretically and empirically the origins of agriculture. The theory highlights the role of … a faster pace. Consequently, as long as climatic shocks preserved the possibility for agriculture, differences in the …, climatic volatility has a non-monotonic effect on the timing of the transition to agriculture. Farming was undertaken earlier …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008520369
This research examines theoretically and empirically the origins of agriculture. The theory highlights the role of … a faster pace. Consequently, as long as climatic shocks preserved the possibility for agriculture, differences in the …, climatic volatility has a non-monotonic effect on the timing of the transition to agriculture. Farming was undertaken earlier …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008852784
This research examines theoretically and empirically the origins of agriculture. The theory highlights the role of … a faster pace. Consequently, as long as climatic shocks preserved the possibility for agriculture, differences in the …, climatic volatility has a non-monotonic effect on the timing of the transition to agriculture. Farming was undertaken earlier …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008587588
This research examines theoretically and empirically the origins of agriculture. The theory highlights the role of … a faster pace. Consequently, as long as climatic shocks preserved the possibility for agriculture, differences in the …, climatic volatility has a non-monotonic effect on the timing of the transition to agriculture. Farming was undertaken earlier …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008568347
This research examines theoretically and empirically the origins of agriculture. The theory highlights the role of … a faster pace. Consequently, as long as climatic shocks preserved the possibility for agriculture, differences in the …, climatic volatility has a non-monotonic effect on the timing of the transition to agriculture. Farming was undertaken earlier …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011123998
This study looks at the performance of livestock production in Uruguay and Paraguay, analyzing two situations with different implications for development: the displacement of livestock by soybean production as occurred in Uruguay and in the Eastern region of Paraguay, and the expansion of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012107009
some parts of the world began a transition to agriculture. Recent data strongly implicate climate change as the driving … made agriculture attractive. Once agriculture was initiated, rapid technological progress through artificial selection on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014065875
Are efficiency improvements in the use of natural resources the key for sustainable development, are they the solution to environmental problems, or will second round effects –so-called rebound effects- compensate or even overcompensate potential savings, will they fire back? The answer to...
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agriculture, implying that average productivity in agriculture increases as the agricultural employment share decreases. We … from four Sub-Saharan African countries. Around one third of households engage in both agriculture and non … comparative and absolute advantage are negatively correlated - misaligned - in agriculture, casting doubt on the importance of …
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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,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010318954