Ancestral History Explains Roots Of Income Inequality

Tuesday, December 16, 2008 - 23:21 in Earth & Climate

Two economists have created a new data set that enables them to explain differences in countries' incomes based on their people's ancestral histories. They find that where the ancestors of a country's present population lived some 500 years ago is a significant predictor of economic outcomes today.

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