Preprint
Gene-Environment Interplay in the Social Sciences
ArXiv.org
Cornell University
08/15/2022
DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2203.02198
Abstract
Nature (one's genes) and nurture (one's environment) jointly contribute to the formation and evolution of health and human capital over the life cycle. This complex interplay between genes and environment can be estimated and quantified using genetic information readily available in a growing number of social science data sets. Using genetic data to improve our understanding of individual decision making, inequality, and to guide public policy is possible and promising, but requires a grounding in essential genetic terminology, knowledge of the literature in economics and social-science genetics, and a careful discussion of the policy implications and prospects of the use of genetic data in the social sciences and economics.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Gene-Environment Interplay in the Social Sciences
- Creators
- Rita Dias PereiraPietro BiroliTitus GalamaStephanie von HinkeHans van KippersluisCornelius A RietveldKevin Thom
- Resource Type
- Preprint
- Publication Details
- ArXiv.org
- DOI
- 10.48550/arxiv.2203.02198
- ISSN
- 2331-8422
- Publisher
- Cornell University; Ithaca, New York
- Language
- English
- Date posted
- 08/15/2022
- Academic Unit
- Economics
- Record Identifier
- 9984937787502771
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