Genetic relatedness predicts South African migrant workers' remittances to their families

Nature

Volumn 434, Issue 7031, 2005, Pages 380-383

  Bowles, S ^a,b   Posel, D ^c  

^a SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; FOOD PRODUCTS; GENES; HEALTH CARE;

CHILD CARE; FOOD ALLOCATION; GENETIC RELATEDNESS; KIN-ALTRUISM MODELS;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

GENETICS; INCOME; MIGRANT WORKER;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD CARE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FAMILY; FITNESS; FOOD INTAKE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INCOME; INTIMACY; MIGRANT WORKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; AGE; ALTRUISM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIGRATION; PARENT; PEDIGREE; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

AGE FACTORS; ALTRUISM; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARENTS; PEDIGREE; REPRODUCTION; SEX FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 15244348332     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03420     Document Type: Article

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