"Modernization" increases parental investment and sibling resource competition: Evidence from a rural development initiative in Ethiopia

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 97-105

  Gibson, Mhairi A ^a   Lawson, David W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birth order; Development intervention; Education; Environmental risk; Human behavioral ecology

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551684826     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2010.10.002     Document Type: Article

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