作者：Gould, Eric D.; Moav, Omer; Simhon, Avi
作者单位：Hebrew University of Jerusalem; IZA Institute Labor Economics; University of London; Hebrew University of Jerusalem
摘要：We examine why developed societies are monogamous while rich men throughout history have typically practiced polygyny. Wealth inequality naturally produces multiple wives for, rich men in a standard model of the marriage market. However, we demonstrate that higher female inequality in the marriage market reduces polygyny. More-over, we show that female inequality increases in the process of development as women are valued more for the quality of their children than for the quantity. Consequent...
作者：Sargent, Thomas J.
作者单位：New York University
摘要：The introduction of the precious metals for the purposes of money may with truth be considered as one of the most important steps towards the improvement of commerce, and the arts of civilised life; but it is no less true that, with the advancement of knowledge and science, we discover that it would be another improvement to banish them again from the employment to which, during a less enlightened period, they had been so advantageously applied.
