TY - CHAP
T1 - Gene-environment interplay in the Social Sciences
AU - Dias Pereira, Rita
AU - Biroli, Pietro
AU - Galama, Titus
AU - von Hinke, Stephanie
AU - van Kippersluis, Hans
AU - Rietveld, Niels
AU - Thomas, Kevin A
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
UR - https://oxfordre.com/economics/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780190625979.001.0001/acrefore-9780190625979-e-804
U2 - 10.1093/acrefore/9780190625979.013.804
DO - 10.1093/acrefore/9780190625979.013.804
M3 - Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
BT - Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance
ER -