Zitationshinweis
Bitte beziehen Sie sich beim Zitieren dieses Dokumentes immer auf folgenden Persistent Identifier (PID):
https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-46511-8
Export für Ihre Literaturverwaltung
Eurasia advantage, not genetic diversity: against Ashraf and Galor's "Genetic Diversity" Hypothesis
Nicht genetische Vielfalt, sondern Vorteil Eurasiens: gegen Ashraf und Galors "Genetic Diversity"-Hypothese
[Zeitschriftenartikel]
Abstract Ashraf and Galor (2012) advanced the bold thesis that genetic diversity within different human populations has been a foundational determinant of long-run economic development. We show that their results are not robust after controlling for a key missing variable - the Eurasia dummy. After controlli... mehr
Ashraf and Galor (2012) advanced the bold thesis that genetic diversity within different human populations has been a foundational determinant of long-run economic development. We show that their results are not robust after controlling for a key missing variable - the Eurasia dummy. After controlling for the Eurasia dummy, all indicators of genetic diversity lose statistical significance in regressions with indicators of economic development as dependent variables. Ashraf and Galor's statistical results merely "reflect" - literally - Eurasia's unique advantage in supporting economic development that was mostly based on settled agriculture until about AD1500.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Diversität; Wirtschaftsentwicklung; Genetik
Klassifikation
Volkswirtschaftstheorie
Demographie, Bevölkerungswissenschaft
Freie Schlagwörter
Eurasia advantage; Jared Diamond; genetic diversity
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2016
Seitenangabe
S. 287-327
Zeitschriftentitel
Historical Social Research, 41 (2016) 1
DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.41.2016.1.287-327
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)