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.

Rita Dias Pereira, P.B. (2022). Gene–Environment Interplay in the Social Sciences. Oxford : Sonia Bhalotra [10.1093/acrefore/9780190625979.013.804].

Gene–Environment Interplay in the Social Sciences

Pietro Biroli;
2022

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.
2022
Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance
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Rita Dias Pereira, P.B. (2022). Gene–Environment Interplay in the Social Sciences. Oxford : Sonia Bhalotra [10.1093/acrefore/9780190625979.013.804].
Rita Dias Pereira, Pietro Biroli, Titus Galama, Stephanie von Hinke, Hans van Kippersluis, Cornelius A. Rietveld, Kevin Thom
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