Ancestral Characteristics of Modern Populations. Issue 1 (2nd January 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Giuliano, Paola; Nunn, Nathan
• Is Part Of: Economic history of developing regions. Volume 33:Issue 1(2018)
• Page Start: 1
• Page End: 17
• Publication Date: 2018-01-02
• Subjects: historical development -- persistence -- cultural traits -- political institutions; n00 -- z10 -- z13; Developing countries -- Economic conditions -- Periodicals; Africa, Southern -- Economic conditions -- Periodicals; Economic history -- Periodicals; Economic history; Africa, Southern; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 330.091724
• DOI: 10.1080/20780389.2018.1435267
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2078-0389

Abstract

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.