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technological environment during the pre-industrial era had generated only temporary gains in income per capita, eventually leading … productivity and the level of technological advancement the analysis demonstrates that, in accordance with the theory …, technological superiority and higher land productivity had significant positive effects on population density but insignificant …
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of diversity on productivity. While the intermediate level of genetic diversity prevalent among Asian and European …" hypothesis ; Human genetic diversity ; Comparative development ; Income per capita ; Population density ; Neolithic Revolution … ; Land productivity …
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and the detrimental effects of diversity on productivity. Moreover, the level of genetic diversity in each country today …-monotonic effect on the contemporary levels of income per capita. While the intermediate level of genetic diversity prevalent among the … Revolution ; land productivity ; Malthusian stagnation …
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productivity. The finding lends further credence to the hypothesis that a significant portion of the variation in the standard of …
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beneficial and the detrimental effects of diversity on productivity. While intermediate levels of genetic diversity prevalent …
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This research contributes to the understanding of human genetic diversity within a society as a significant determinant of its economic development. The hypothesis advanced and empirically examined in this paper suggests that there are socioeconomic trade-offs associated with genetic diversity...
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We replicate Ashraf and Galor (2013) and find that its conclusions concerning the association between human genetic diversity and economic development depend substantially on coding errors and sample selection. We correct the coding errors and add or update data on genetic diversity and...
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and the detrimental effects of diversity on productivity. Moreover, the level of genetic diversity in each country today …-monotonic effect on the contemporary levels of income per capita. While the intermediate level of genetic diversity prevalent among the …
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