| Intergenerational wealth transmission and the dynamics of inequality in small-scale societies. | |
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PMID: 19900925 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Small-scale human societies range from foraging bands with a strong egalitarian ethos to more economically stratified agrarian and pastoral societies. We explain this variation in inequality using a dynamic model in which a population's long-run steady-state level of inequality depends on the extent to which its most important forms of wealth are transmitted within families across generations. We estimate the degree of intergenerational transmission of three different types of wealth (material, embodied, and relational), as well as the extent of wealth inequality in 21 historical and contemporary populations. We show that intergenerational transmission of wealth and wealth inequality are substantial among pastoral and small-scale agricultural societies (on a par with or even exceeding the most unequal modern industrial economies) but are limited among horticultural and foraging peoples (equivalent to the most egalitarian of modern industrial populations). Differences in the technology by which a people derive their livelihood and in the institutions and norms making up the economic system jointly contribute to this pattern. |
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Authors:
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Monique Borgerhoff Mulder; Samuel Bowles; Tom Hertz; Adrian Bell; Jan Beise; Greg Clark; Ila Fazzio; Michael Gurven; Kim Hill; Paul L Hooper; William Irons; Hillard Kaplan; Donna Leonetti; Bobbi Low; Frank Marlowe; Richard McElreath; Suresh Naidu; David Nolin; Patrizio Piraino; Rob Quinlan; Eric Schniter; Rebecca Sear; Mary Shenk; Eric Alden Smith; Christopher von Rueden; Polly Wiessner |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Science (New York, N.Y.) Volume: 326 ISSN: 1095-9203 ISO Abbreviation: Science Publication Date: 2009 Oct |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2009-11-10 Completed Date: 2010-01-11 Revised Date: 2011-11-10 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0404511 Medline TA: Science Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 682-8 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Anthropology and Center for Population Biology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA. mborgerhoffmulder@ucdavis.edu |
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Descriptor/Qualifier:
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Anthropology, Cultural Humans Models, Economic* Social Class* |
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ID/Acronym/Agency:
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R01 AG024119-01/AG/NIA NIH HHS; R24 HD042828-10/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; T32 HD007168-31/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; T32 HD007543-10/HD/NICHD NIH HHS |
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Science. 2009 Oct 30;326(5953):678-9
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19900923
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