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distance from East Africa naturally selects for specific novelty-seeking traits, even controlling for a broad range of …
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This paper suggests a theoretical framework and provides empirical evidence for a hump-shaped relationship between the fraction of novelty-seeking traits in society and current levels of per capita income. The hypothesis is that novelty-seeking traits produce two countervailing effects on...
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empirically establishes the hypothesis that in the course of the exodus of Homo sapiens out of Africa, variation in migratory …
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dropped substantially in all regions with the exception of Sub-Saharan Africa. We assess if poverty is in the African gene by … revisiting the findings of Ashraf and Galor (2013, AER) and reformulating the ‘Out of Africa Hypothesis’ into a ‘Genetic … Diversity Hypothesis’ for a ‘Within Africa Analysis’. We motivate this reformulation with five shortcomings arising for the most …
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nations today. The effects of biogeography and geography on the wealth of nations are partly mediated by the quality of …
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This research establishes that migratory distance from the cradle of anatomically modern humans in East Africa and its …
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sapiens out of Africa, variation in migratory distance to various settlements across the globe affected genetic diversity and …
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cross-country variation in genetic diversity by appealing to the "out of Africa" hypothesis of human origins to empirically …
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This study explores the determinants of ethnolinguistic diversity within as well as across countries shedding light on its geographic origins. The empirical analysis conducted across countries, virtual countries and pairs of contiguous regions establishes that geographic variability, captured by...
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empirically establishes the hypothesis that, in the course of the exodus of Homo sapiens out of Africa, variation in migratory …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009209826