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

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Ordinary least square regressionSupportedp< .05UNKNOWNUNKNOWN