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Active since
2005
Affiliations
Pennsylvania State University(Current)
University of New Mexico
University of Missouri
University of California, Davis
Binghamton University
Mary K. Shenk is an author at Pennsylvania State University specializing in sociology, economics, and education.
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SociologyEconomicsGenderEducationPublic HealthBusinessDemographyAnthropologySocial InequalityEconomic Inequality
Publications per year
2005–2024
Intergenerational Wealth Transmission and the Dynamics of Inequality in Small-Scale Societies
Monique Borgerhoff Mulder, Samuel Bowles, Tom Hertz et al. · Science · 2009 · 489 citations · Full text
Small-scale Societies, Socioeconomics, Agricultural Economics +20
A model comparison approach shows stronger support for economic models of fertility decline
Mary K. Shenk, Mary C. Towner, Howard Kress et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2013 · 119 citations · Full text
Intergenerational Wealth Transmission among Agriculturalists
Mary K. Shenk, Monique Borgerhoff Mulder, Jan Beise et al. · Current Anthropology · 2010 · 111 citations
Social Inequality, Economics, Intergenerational Wealth Transmission +13
Production Systems, Inheritance, and Inequality in Premodern Societies
Eric Alden Smith, Monique Borgerhoff Mulder, Samuel Bowles et al. · Current Anthropology · 2010 · 110 citations
Industrialisation, Socioeconomics, Premodern Human Societies +18
Greater wealth inequality, less polygyny: rethinking the polygyny threshold model
Cody T. Ross, Monique Borgerhoff Mulder, Seung-Yun Oh et al. · Journal of The Royal Society Interface · 2018 · 66 citations · Full text
Less Polygyny, Socioeconomics, Income Distribution +20
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