The Out of Africa Hypothesis of Comparative Economic Development: Common Misconceptions
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The Out of Africa Hypothesis of Comparative Economic Development : Common Misconceptions. / Ashraf, Quamrul H.; Klemp, Marc; Galor, Oded.
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T1 - The Out of Africa Hypothesis of Comparative Economic Development
T2 - Common Misconceptions
AU - Ashraf, Quamrul H.
AU - Klemp, Marc
AU - Galor, Oded
PY - 2018/12/18
Y1 - 2018/12/18
N2 - The importance of the prehistoric migration of anatomically modern humans from Africa for comparative economic development has been the focus of a vibrant research agenda in the past decade. This influential literature has attracted the attention of some scholars from other disciplines, and in light of existing methodological gaps across fields, has perhaps unsurprisingly generated some significant misconceptions. This article examines the critical views expressed by some scholars from other disciplines, and establishes that they are based on fundamental misunderstandings of the statistical methodology, the conceptual framework, and the scope of the analysis that characterize this influential literature.
AB - The importance of the prehistoric migration of anatomically modern humans from Africa for comparative economic development has been the focus of a vibrant research agenda in the past decade. This influential literature has attracted the attention of some scholars from other disciplines, and in light of existing methodological gaps across fields, has perhaps unsurprisingly generated some significant misconceptions. This article examines the critical views expressed by some scholars from other disciplines, and establishes that they are based on fundamental misunderstandings of the statistical methodology, the conceptual framework, and the scope of the analysis that characterize this influential literature.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - Comparative development
KW - interpersonal population diversity
KW - the out of Africa hypothesis
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/0e451e63-50dd-38c0-b2ea-ebd406d96473/
U2 - 10.2139/ssrn.3293035
DO - 10.2139/ssrn.3293035
M3 - Journal article
JO - SSRN: Social Science Research Network
JF - SSRN: Social Science Research Network
SN - 1556-5068
ER -
ID: 239631614