کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
5044798 1370633 2017 7 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Cross-country relationships between life expectancy, intertemporal choice and age at first birth
ترجمه فارسی عنوان
روابط متقابل بین امید به زندگی، انتخاب میان دوره ای و سن ابتدای تولد
کلمات کلیدی
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علوم کشاورزی و بیولوژیک بوم شناسی، تکامل، رفتار و سامانه شناسی
چکیده انگلیسی

Humans, like other animals, typically discount the value of delayed rewards relative to those available in the present. From an evolutionary perspective, prioritising immediate rewards is a predictable response to high local mortality rates, as is an acceleration of reproductive scheduling. In a sample of 46 countries, we explored the cross-country relationships between average life expectancy, intertemporal choice, and women's age at first birth. We find that, across countries, lower life expectancy is associated with both a smaller percentage of people willing to wait for a larger but delayed reward, as well as a younger age at first birth. These results, which hold when controlling for region and economic pressure (GDP-per capita), dovetail with findings at the individual level to suggest that life expectancy is an important ecological predictor of both intertemporal and reproductive decision-making.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Evolution and Human Behavior - Volume 38, Issue 5, September 2017, Pages 652-658
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