Cultural Meanings and the Aggregation of Actions: The Case of Sex and Schooling in Malawi.
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This analysis reveals new insights into how cultural understandings—and the various ways people respond to and enforce them—contribute to the demographic patterns the authors observe using survey data.Abstract:
How can cultural understandings simultaneously diverge from and contribute to aggregate patterns of action? On one hand, shared cognitive associations guide people’s everyday actions, and these act...read more
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