IQ and the values of nations

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 537-556

  Kanazawa, Satoshi ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MONOGAMY; MORALITY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHILOSOPHY; RELIGION; TAX; THEORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MARRIAGE; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SECULARISM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MARRIAGE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; POLITICAL SYSTEMS; SECULARISM; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 69249213766     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932009003368     Document Type: Article

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