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Francesconi, Marco, Ghiglino, Christian and Perry, Motty (2013) On the origin of the family. Working Paper. Coventry, UK: University of Warwick, Department of Economics. Warwick economics research papers series (TWERPS), Volume 2013 (Number 1028).
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Abstract
We present a game theoretic model to explain why people form life long monogamous families.
Three components are essential in our framework, paternal investment, fatherhood
uncertainty, and, perhaps the most distinctive feature of all, the overlap of children of different
ages. When all three conditions are present, monogamy is the most efficient form of
sexual organization in the sense that it yields greater survivorship than serial monogamy,
group marriage, and polygyny. Monogamy is also the only configuration that fosters altruistic
ties among siblings. Finally, our result sheds light to the understanding of why
most religions center around the monogamous fidelity family.
Item Type: | Working or Discussion Paper (Working Paper) | ||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BL Religion H Social Sciences > HM Sociology H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics | ||||
Series Name: | Warwick economics research papers series (TWERPS) | ||||
Publisher: | University of Warwick, Department of Economics | ||||
Place of Publication: | Coventry, UK | ||||
Official Date: | 2013 | ||||
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Volume: | Volume 2013 | ||||
Number: | Number 1028 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 51 | ||||
Institution: | University of Warwick | ||||
Status: | Not Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 11 October 2016 | ||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 11 October 2016 |
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