Natural Selection and the Evolution of Life Expectancy

Oded Galor and Omer Moav ()

DEGIT Conference Papers from DEGIT, Dynamics, Economic Growth, and International Trade

Abstract: This research advances an evolutionary growth theory that captures the pattern of life expectancy in the process of development, shedding new light on the sources of the remarkable rise in life expectancy since the Agricultural Revolution. The theory suggests that social, economic and environmental changes that were associated with the transition from hunter-gatherer tribes to sedentary agricultural communities and ultimately to urban societies affected the nature of the environmental hazards confronted by the human population, triggering an evolutionary process that had a significant impact on the time path of human longevity.

Keywords: Life Expectancy; Growth; Technological Progress; Evolution; Natural Selection; Malthusian Stagnation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I12 J13 N3 O10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 37 pages
Date: 2006-06
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-dev, nep-evo and nep-hea
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Working Paper: Natural Selection and the Evolution of Life Expectancy (2005)
Working Paper: Natural Selection and the Evolution of Life Expectancy (2004)
Working Paper: Natural Selection and the Evolution of Life Expectancy (2004)
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