Labor, land, and the global dynamics of economic inequality

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dc.creatorBogaard, Amy
dc.creatorCruz, Pablo
dc.creatorFochesato, Mattia
dc.creatorBirch, Jennifer
dc.creatorCervantes Quequezana, Gabriela
dc.creatorChirikure, Shadreck
dc.creatorCrema, Enrico R.
dc.creatorFeinman, Gary
dc.creatorGreen, Adam S.
dc.creatorHamerow, Helena
dc.creatorJin, Guiyun
dc.creatorKerig, Tim
dc.creatorLawrence, Dan
dc.creatorMcCoy, Mark D.
dc.creatorMunson, Jessica
dc.creatorOrtman, Scott
dc.creatorPetrie, Cameron
dc.creatorRoscoe, Paul
dc.date2025-04-14
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-25T20:21:25Z
dc.date.available2026-02-25T20:21:25Z
dc.descriptionHere, we assess the extent to which land use relating to food acquisition (farming, herding, foraging) and associated value regimes shaped past economic inequality. We consider the hypothesis that land-use systems in which production was limited by heritable material wealth (such as land) sustained higher levels of inequality than those limited by (free) human labor. We address this hypothesis using the Global Dynamics of InequalIty (GINI) project database, estimating economic inequalities based on disparities in residential unit area and storage capacity within sites in different world regions and through time. We find that inequality was significantly greater in land-limited than labor-limited regimes, whether based on residence area or storage capacity, though governance could moderate these differences. Increasing inequality with larger residence and/or site size is associated with underlying shifts from labor- to land-limited economies. Transitions from labor- to land-limited regimes also appear to underlie the development of extended political hierarchies. Increases in inequality after cultivation became common in each hemisphere similarly reflect shifts from labor- to land-limited systems. Land-limited systems in the eastern hemisphere, incorporating animal traction, exhibit an upward trend in inequality over time, while a downward trend in the western hemisphere reflects the lower persistence of land-limited regimes based solely on human labor.
dc.descriptionFil: Bogaard, Amy. University of Oxford; Reino Unido
dc.descriptionFil: Cruz, Pablo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Salta. Unidad Ejecutora en Ciencias Sociales Regionales y Humanidades. Universidad Nacional de Jujuy. Unidad Ejecutora en Ciencias Sociales Regionales y Humanidades; Argentina
dc.descriptionFil: Fochesato, Mattia. Bocconi University; Italia
dc.descriptionFil: Birch, Jennifer. Georgia State University; Estados Unidos
dc.descriptionFil: Cervantes Quequezana, Gabriela. University of Pittsburgh; Estados Unidos
dc.descriptionFil: Chirikure, Shadreck. University of Oxford; Reino Unido
dc.descriptionFil: Crema, Enrico R.. University of Cambridge; Estados Unidos
dc.descriptionFil: Feinman, Gary. Field Museum Of Natural History; Estados Unidos
dc.descriptionFil: Green, Adam S.. University Of York; Reino Unido
dc.descriptionFil: Hamerow, Helena. University of Oxford; Reino Unido
dc.descriptionFil: Jin, Guiyun. Shandong University; China
dc.descriptionFil: Kerig, Tim. Christian Albrechts Universitat Zu Kiel.; Alemania
dc.descriptionFil: Lawrence, Dan. University of Durham; Reino Unido
dc.descriptionFil: McCoy, Mark D.. Florida State University; Estados Unidos
dc.descriptionFil: Munson, Jessica. Lycoming College; Estados Unidos
dc.descriptionFil: Ortman, Scott. State University of Colorado at Boulder; Estados Unidos
dc.descriptionFil: Petrie, Cameron. University of Cambridge; Estados Unidos
dc.descriptionFil: Roscoe, Paul. The University Of Maine (the University Of Maine);
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dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/267265
dc.identifierBogaard, Amy; Cruz, Pablo; Fochesato, Mattia; Birch, Jennifer; Cervantes Quequezana, Gabriela; et al.; Labor, land, and the global dynamics of economic inequality; National Academy of Sciences; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of The United States of America; 122; 16; 14-4-2025; 1-8
dc.identifier0027-8424
dc.identifier1091-6490
dc.identifierCONICET Digital
dc.identifierCONICET
dc.identifier.urihttps://ri.unju.edu.ar/handle/123456789/381
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherNational Academy of Sciences
dc.relationinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1073/pnas.2400694122
dc.relationinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2400694122
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rightshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ar/
dc.subjectLAND USE
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.subjectWEALTH
dc.subjectRESIDENTIAL AREA
dc.subjectSTORAGE
dc.subjecthttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.1
dc.subjecthttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/6
dc.titleLabor, land, and the global dynamics of economic inequality
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
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