Gender-biased inheritance rules are evolutionary stable: a case study
Date | 19 January 2009 |
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Time | 11:45 -13:15 |
Location | Oudemanhuispoort |
Gender-biased inheritance rules are evolutionary stable: a case study
We present a historical and game theoretic analysis of inheritance systems on common property employed in the Italian Alps between the thirteenth and the nineteenth century. We documented a transition from egalitarian inheritance rules toward a patrilineal system, which took place in a decentralized fashion. The study involved field work on the village charters of about 250 communities and early land registers data.