The origins of monetary income inequality. Patience, human capital, and division of labor

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-47

  Reyes García, Victoria ^a,b   Godoy, Ricardo ^b   Huanca, Tomas ^b   Leonard, William R ^c   McDade, Thomas ^c   Tanner, Susan ^c   Vadez, Vincent ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon; Amerindians; Bolivia; Division of labor; Human capital; Income inequality; Indigenous populations; Latin America; Patience; Tsimane'

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845273278     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2006.07.001     Document Type: Article

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