Gender and age differences in inheritance patterns: Why men leave more to their spouses and women more to their children: An experimental analysis

Human Nature

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 107-122

  Bossong, Bernd ^a  

^a University of Koblenz Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

Experimental studies; Inheritance; Kin selection; Sex differences; Wills

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035650308     PISSN: 10456767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12110-001-1019-5     Document Type: Article

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