A bioeconomic view of the transition to agriculture: a comment

Robert Rowthorn

Canadian Journal of Economics, 2011, vol. 44, issue 3, 1044-1047

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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Date: 2011
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