Can evolutionary psychology explain human behavior in postindustrial societies? Critics point out that, contrary to its prediction, wealthy men in contemporary societies do not have more children than poor men. I replicate Pérusse’s (1993) finding with a large, representative sample and demonstrate that, while they do not have more children, wealthy men nonetheless have more sex partners and co...

Data from 44 societies are used to explore sex segregation by field of study. Contrary to accounts linking socioeconomic modernization to a "degendering" of public-sphere institutions, sex typing of curricular fields is stronger in more economically developed contexts. The authors argue that two cultural forces combine in advanced industrial societies to create a new sort of sex segregation reg...

This article addresses the emergence of “lowest-low” fertility in some countries, primarily in Southern Europe and East Asia, and poses the question of why we find such large differences in birth rates across postindustrial societies. A set of macro– micro mechanisms are identified, which are examined empirically using comparative data for seven countries from the Gender and Generations Survey....

A human populations modify the landscapes and eco systems they inhabit, whether by direct exploitation of natural resources or through activities such as damming rivers or introducing alien species (Reynolds et al. 2001, Olden et al. 2008). Although less technologically advanced societies can affect their environments profoundly over time (Pinnegar and Engelhard 2008), especially when colonizin...

Eunsil Oh [email protected] Abstract Although more women are working in almost all postindustrial societies, negative views of mothers who work when their children are young remain largely uncontested, especially amongst the better educated. Koreans offer a particularly useful case study because they have the highest educational levels in the world, but highly educated women are underemp...