#2562. Physiological constraints and the transition to growth: implications for comparative development

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Abstract:
The article presents a theory explaining why the latitude gradient has been changing sign over the last half millennium. In particular, a dynamic model of economic and physiological development has been developed, in which households make decisions about the number and nutrition of their offspring. In this context, it has been demonstrated that the relatively high metabolic costs of fertility, which may have arisen from positive selection towards greater cold tolerance in locations distant from the equator, would constrain economic development in preindustrial times, but allow for an early onset of sustained growth.
Keywords:
Comparative development; Education; Evolution; Fertility; LONg-run growth; Nutrition

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