Intergenerational wealth transmission among agriculturalists: Foundations of Agrarian inequality

Current Anthropology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 65-83

  Shenk, Mary K ^a   Mulder Borgerhoff, Monique ^b   Beise, Jan ^c   Clark, Gregory ^b   Irons, William ^d   Leonetti, Donna ^e   Low, Bobbi S ^f   Bowles, Samuel ^g,h   Hertz, Tom ⁱ   Bell, Adrian ^b   Piraino, Patrizio ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNITED NATIONS   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^g SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

ⁱ International University College of Turin   (Italy)

^j STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

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EID: 75649120033     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/648658     Document Type: Article

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