A bioeconomic view of the transition to agriculture: a comment

A bioeconomic view of the transition to agriculture: a comment

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Article ID: iaor201111975
Volume: 44
Issue: 3
Start Page Number: 1044
End Page Number: 1047
Publication Date: Aug 2011
Journal: Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'conomique
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Keywords: agriculture & food, simulation
Abstract:

Arthur Robson (2010) presents an ingenious model to explain why the standard of living apparently fell during the Neolithic transition from hunter‐gathering to agriculture. His demonstration relies on a production function that has a strong property with regard to technical change. This note shows how Robson’s result can be obtained using a more familiar set of restrictions on technical change. Under these restrictions, an improvement in technology will cause parents to invest less per child and the standard of living will fall.

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