TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Giuliano, Paola
AU  - Nunn, Nathan
        TI  - Ancestral Characteristics of Modern Populations
        PY  - 2018/May/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 11528
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp11528
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - cultural traits
KW  - persistence
KW  - historical development
KW  - political institutions
        ER  -