The Marginal Utility of Inequality: A Global Examination Across Ethnographic Societies

Environmental heterogeneity will be correlated with the presence of inequality.

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Generalized additive model	Supported	p<0.01	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Social Stratification	Dependent	Castes, Classes, Serfdom And Peonage, Slavery
Environmental heterogeneity	Independent	Climate, Diet, Flora, Soil

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Haynie, Hannah J.	2021	Environmental conditions will be associated with the development of social inequality.	Supported	4	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Wilson, Kurt M.	2020	Environmental circumscription will be correlated with the presence of inequality.	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Wilson, Kurt M.	2020	Circumscription and environmental heterogeneity will be positively correlated with the presence of inequality.	Supported	4	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Baunach, Dawn Michelle	2001	Environmental harshness (inadequate food and hunger) will be positively associated with childhood gender inequality (65); it will be less correlated with adult gender inequality.	Partially supported	4	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Borgerhoff Mulder, Monique	2009	Inequality will be related to intergenerational wealth transmission.	`UNKNOWN`	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author