Recall the Application about cultural factors in England and their relevance to the Industrial Revolution to answer the following question(s). The Application cites a study by Galor and Moav (2002) that found that families with fewer children gained a comparative advantage in the evolutionary cycle because:

A. they invested more human capital on their offspring than the families with more children.
B. having more children led to more chaos.
C. having more children meant more workers in the farms.
D. they lived in cities while families with more children lived in the countryside.


Answer: A

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