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Traditional agricultural practices and the sex ratio today

We study the historical origins of cross-country differences in the male-to-female sex ratio. Our analysis focuses on the use of the plough in traditional agriculture. In societies that did not use the plough, women tended to participate in agriculture as actively as men. By contrast, in societies t...

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Autores principales: Alesina, Alberto, Giuliano, Paola, Nunn, Nathan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5770021/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29338023
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0190510