Genetic diversity and economic development : assessing the key findings in Ashraf and Galor (2013)

by Raymond Caraher, Michael Ash

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 population density from high-quality sources. We find little support for the hypothesis that variation in genetic diversity among subpopulations has a systematic relationship with economic development.

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Year of publication:	[2018]
Authors:	Caraher, Raymond ; Ash, Michael
Publisher:	Amherst : Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts
Subject:	genetics \| development \| Entwicklung \| Economic development \| Artenvielfalt \| Biodiversity \| Theorie \| Theory \| Welt \| World

Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (circa 50 Seiten) Illustrationen
Series:	Economics Department working paper series. - Amherst, Mass. : [Verlag nicht ermittelbar], ZDB-ID 2407593-0. - Vol. 2018, 05
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature ; Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/202938 [Handle]
Classification:	N10 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Growth and Fluctuations. General, International, or Comparative ; N30 - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Income and Wealth. General, International, or Comparative ; N50 - Agriculture, Natural Resources, Environment, and Extractive Industries. General, International, or Comparative ; O10 - Economic Development. General ; O50 - Economywide Country Studies. General ; Z10 - Cultural Economics. General
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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