Ancestral Characteristics of Modern Populations

22 Pages Posted: 30 May 2018

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Paola Giuliano

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); IZA Institute of Labor Economics

Nathan Nunn

Harvard University - Department of Economics

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Abstract

We construct a database, with global coverage, that provides measures of the cultural and environmental characteristics of the pre-industrial ancestors of the world's current populations. In this paper, we describe the construction of the database, including the underlying data, the procedure to produce the estimates, and the structure of the final data. We then provide illustrations of some of the variation in the data and provide an illustration of how the data can be used.

Keywords: historical development, persistence, cultural traits, political institutions

JEL Classification: N00, Z10, Z13

Suggested Citation

Giuliano, Paola and Nunn, Nathan, Ancestral Characteristics of Modern Populations. IZA Discussion Paper No. 11528, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3185220 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3185220

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