The Churches' Bans on Consanguineous Marriages, Kin-Networks and Democracy

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Ancestral Characteristics of Modern Populations

“…Benjamin Enke (2017) measures kinship "tightness" using an index constructed using principal components of variables from our database, and studies the relationship between it and a host of economic, psychological and political outcomes. Jonathan Schulz (2017) examines the importance of cousin marriage, which typically coincides with strong kinship ties. He shows that a greater prevalence of cousin marriage today is associated with less democracy and more corruption.…”

“…As Figure 7 shows, cousin marriage has traditionally been the preferred form of marriage among the ancestors of populations from Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Schulz (2017) has shown that the practice is still common today in much of the world and is associated with less democracy and more corruption.…”

An Experimental Study of Kin and Ethnic Favoritism

“…A recent literature in economics has begun to connect historical (and contemporary) variation in family structure, kinship, and marriage patterns to institutional quality (Greif, 2006;Greif and Tabellini, 2015;Woodley and Bell, 2013;Schulz, 2016;Moscona et al, 2017a,b;Enke, 2017 Alesina et al, 2003). 14 Before conducting the experiments in the villages, we first replicated the Stranger and Kin treatments using a student population in Quito, Ecuador to further assess the robustness of the relatedness hypothesis.…”

“…This is consistent with our data, but it raises a fundamental question about why institutional quality varies. A growing literature suggests that kinship and marriage patterns may be a fundamental determinant of institutional quality (Greif, 2006;Greif and Tabellini, 2015;Woodley and Bell, 2013;Schulz, 2016;Moscona et al, 2017a,b;Enke, 2017). Canada and Iran differ substantially on these dimensions.…”

Economic History of Developing Regions

“…Benjamin Enke (2017) measures kinship 'tightness' using an index constructed using principal components of variables from our database, and studies the relationship between it and a host of economic, psychological and political outcomes. Jonathan Schulz (2017) examines the importance of cousin marriage, which typically coincides with strong kinship ties. He shows that a greater prevalence of cousin marriage today is associated with less democracy and more corruption.…”