Wealth Inequality

Associated Documents (3)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Frederic L. PryorEconomic Systems of Foraging, Agricultural, and Industrial Societies
Minocher, RianaExplaining marriage patterns in a globally representative sample through socio-ecology and popul...
Ross, Cody T.Greater wealth inequality, less polygyny: rethinking the polygyny threshold model

Associated Hypotheses (8)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Frederic L. PryorInstitutions of property and distribution among foragers will be associated with economic development in varying ways (41).
Frederic L. PryorForaging groups with lower levels of economic development (Classic and transitional foragers) can be identified with certain property and distribution characteristics (42).
Frederic L. PryorForaging groups with middling levels of economic development (Human-Wealth-Oriented and Intangible-Wealth-Oriented societies) can be identified by certain property and distribution characteristics.
Frederic L. PryorForaging societies with high levels of economic development (Politically-Oriented and Physical-Wealth-Oriented societies) can be identified by certain property and distribution characteristics (44).
Frederic L. PryorSocial differentiation will be positively associated with other types of inequality among different types of foraging economies. (52)
Minocher, RianaWealth inequality will predict the percent of married men who are polygynous.
Minocher, RianaWealth inequality will predict cultural rules constraining polygyny.
Ross, Cody T.Stratified agricultural economies will be associated with an increased frequency of poor men lacking the resources to secure wives polygynously (1)

Associated OCMs

  1. status, role, and prestige
  2. accumulation of wealth
  3. classes