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SUBMITTER: Gurven M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4624453 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gurven Michael M Jaeggi Adrian V AV von Rueden Chris C Hooper Paul L PL Kaplan Hillard H
Human ecology: an interdisciplinary journal 20150716 4
Sharing and exchange are common practices for minimizing food insecurity in rural populations. The advent of markets and monetization in egalitarian indigenous populations presents an alternative means of managing risk, with the potential impact of eroding traditional networks. We test whether market involvement buffers several types of risk and reduces traditional sharing behavior among Tsimane Amerindians of the Bolivian Amazon. Results vary based on type of market integration and scale of ana ...[more]