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publications:

Gurven, M., Borgerhoff Mulder, M., Bowles, S., Hooper, Paul L., Kaplan, H., Quinlan, R., Sear, R., Schniter, E., von Rueden, C., Bell, A., and Hertz, T. (forthcoming). Intergenerational Wealth Transmission and Inequality among Horticulturalists. Current Anthropology

2009. Borgerhoff Mulder, M., Bowles, S., Hertz, T., Bell, A., Beise, J., Clark, G., Fazzio, I., Gurven, M., Hill, K., Hooper, P.L. Irons, W., Kaplan, H., Leonetti, D., Low, B., Marlowe, F., McElreath, R., Naidu, S., Nolin, D., Piraino, P., Quinlan, R., Schniter, E., Sear, R., Shenk, M., Smith, E., von Rueden, C., and Wiessner, P. Intergenerational Wealth Transmission and the Dynamics of Inequality in Small-Scale Societies. Science. 326:682-688

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2008. Gurven, M., Zanolini, A., Schniter, E. Culture sometimes matter: intra-cultural variation in pro-social behavior among Tsimane Amerindians. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. 67:587-607

2008. Schniter, E. “Shuar” in Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture, 2nd ed. (pp. 835-836) C. Scribner’s Sons: New York.

dissertation:

2009. Why Old Age: Non-material contributions and patterns of aging among older adult Tsimane'.