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This paper exploits cross-country variation in the degree of geographical isolation, prior to the advent of sea-faring and airborne transportation technologies, to examine its impact on the course of economic development across the globe. The empirical investigation establishes that prehistoric...
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This paper exploits cross-country variation in the degree of geographical isolation, prior to the advent of sea-faring and airborne transportation technologies, to examine its impact on the course of economic development across the globe. The empirical investigation establishes that prehistoric...
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intense accumulation of society-specific human capital, enabling them to flourish in the technological paradigm that … diversity on the adaptability of society to a changing technological environment. Thus, in contrast to the cultural and …
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factors. In particular, the level of genetic diversity within a society is found to have a hump-shaped effect on development …
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