Is there a role for genetics in economic development?

Spolaore and Wacziarg (2009) have presented evidence supporting a role of genetic distance to the United States as a barrier to economic development. We extend their empirical work by controlling for the share of Europeans and European descendants in the population. We find that the role of genetic distance disappears and o¤er two alternative interpretations of the patterns in the data.

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Year of publication:	2012-01
Authors:	Angeles, Luis
Institutions:	Department of Economics, Adam Smith Business School
Subject:	Genetics \| economic development \| European settlement

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Working Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Classification:	O1 - Economic Development ; O3 - Technological Change; Research and Development ; O4 - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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