This paper empirically tests the predictions of the Malthusian theory with respect to both population dynamics and … demonstrates that, in accordance with the Malthusian theory, societies that were characterized by higher land productivity and an … Abstract This paper empirically tests the predictions of the Malthusian theory with respect to both population dynamics and …

expected heterozygosity index is discussed in greater technical detail in Section 3.1. 6 To further elaborate, the Malthusian … theory, proposed initially by Malthus (1798) and formalized more recently by Kremer (1993) and Lucas (2002), suggests that …

accordance with the Malthusian theory, societies that were characterized by higher land productivity and an earlier onset of … Malthusian theory, societies that were characterized by higher land productivity and an earlier onset of agriculture had a higher … population dynamics in the pre-Industrial Revolution era.3 The Malthusian theory suggests that, during the agricultural 3Kremer …