Across the animal kingdom, natural selection has sculpted a remarkable array of reproductive strategies, but humans are unique in that we consciously design institutions that shape incentives and constrain behavior. The modern welfare state highlights this dynamic. As resources are redistributed for paternalistic purposes, the state increasingly supplants functions once anchored in family and kinship. By altering costs and benefits, these interventions create conditions for alternative reproductive strategies to emerge. The patterns of reproductive behavior are illuminated by Robert...
The Welfare State, Evolutionary Game Theory, and Modern Reproductive Tactics
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