Matthias Schief

Matthias Schief
Brown University · Department of Economics

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A basic hypothesis is that cultural evolutionary processes sustain differences between groups, these differences have evolutionary relevance, and they would not otherwise occur in a system without cultural transmission. The empirical challenge is that groups vary for many reasons, and isolating the causal effects of culture often requires appropria...
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Sex ratios at birth favoring boys are being documented in a growing number of countries, a pattern indicating that families selectively abort females. Son bias also explains why, in many countries, girls have more siblings and are born at relatively earlier parities compared with their brothers. In this study, we develop novel methods for measuring...

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