Human capital and genetic diversity

Tiago Sequeira, Marcelo Santos and Alexandra Lopes ()

Eurasian Economic Review, 2019, vol. 9, issue 3, No 2, 330 pages

Abstract: Abstract This paper investigates the relationship between human capital and the ancestral genetic diversity of populations. A simple model highlights a new channel through which genetic diversity can affect development: human capital. Additionally, empirical evidence of an unconditional hump-shaped relationship between genetic diversity and human capital is documented. This relationship decreases statistical significance when other deeply rooted determinants of human capital are taken into account. However, we found some significantly positive (linear) effects of genetic diversity. Thus, if there is a relationship between genetic diversity and human capital, this relationship tends to be positive: more genetic diversity is beneficial to human capital.

Keywords: Human capital; Genetic diversity; Determinants of development; Determinants of human capital (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I25 N10 N30 O10 O50 Z1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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