Parental Investment

Associated Documents (2)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Lightner, Aaron D.Ethnoscientific expertise and knowledge specialisation in 55 traditional cultures
Kim, Jun-HongPaternal Investment and Economic Inequality Predict Cross-Cultural Variation in Male Choice

Associated Hypotheses (2)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Lightner, Aaron D.The mate provisioning model of ethnoscientific expertise predicts hierarchies within domains of expertise, prestige, parental investment, reputation for generosity and good parenting, wealth, mate provisioning, and mate fidelity.
Kim, Jun-HongThe cosmetics industry will be larger in nations with a female-biased operational sex ratio (OSR), the low ratio of female-to-male childcare hours (= substantial paternal investment), high economic inequality, high social mobility, low female labor force participation rate, high gender inequality and high encounter rate (= high population density)

Associated OCMs

  1. family relationships
  2. infant care
  3. child care