The evolution of wealth transmission in human populations: a stochastic model

G. Augustins, L. Etienne, J-B. Ferdy, R. Ferrer, B. Godelle, E. Pitard and F. Rousset

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Abstract: Reproductive success and survival are influenced by wealth in human populations. Wealth is transmitted to offsprings and strategies of transmission vary over time and among populations, the main variation being how equally wealth is transmitted to children. Here we propose a model where we simulate both the dynamics of wealth in a population and the evolution of a trait that determines how wealth is transmitted from parents to offspring, in a darwinian context.

Date: 2014-09
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Published in Journal of Physics: Conference series, 490, 012052 (2014)

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