Understanding cultural persistence and change
Review of Economic Studies • Vol/Iss. 88 • Oxford University Press • • Published In • Pages: 1541-1581 •
By Guiliano, Paola , Nunn, Nathan
Hypothesis
The persistence of female gender attitudes, practice of consanguineous marriage, and practice of polygamy will be weaker in countries with greater ancestral climatic instability.
Test Name | Support | Significance | Coefficient | Tail |
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Ordinary least square regression | Supported | p< .05 | UNKNOWN | UNKNOWN |
Variable Name | Variable Type | OCM Term(s) |
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Polygamy | Dependent | Polygamy |
Ancestral climatic instability | Independent | Climate, Disasters |
Female gender attitudes | Dependent | Division Of Labor By Gender |
Consanguineous marriage | Dependent | Regulation Of Marriage |