Status competition, inequality, and fertility: Implications for the demographic transition

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 371, Issue 1692, 2016, Pages

  Shenk, Mary K ^a   Kaplan, Hillard S ^b   Hooper, Paul L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Demographic transition; Fertility; Inequality; Social complexity; Social status; Status competition

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; EQUITY; FERTILITY; INVESTMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECONOMICS; EVOLUTION; FERTILITY; HUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECONOMICS; FERTILITY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84961909494     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2015.0150     Document Type: Article

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