Mangos or bananas

A follow-up to my child poverty post: it's worse than I thought.

It's worse than I thought.

14 hrs ago • javiero

Marriages of the parish of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception of Agaete 1614-1925

Well, I haven’t taken any pictures of the town of Agaete (googling them would be cheating), a charming town in the island of Gran Canaria, but I have…

Feb 11 • javiero

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January 2026

UNICEF's Child poverty ranking ranks very poorly

Is it true that 1 in 3 children in Spain live at risk of poverty or social exclusion?

Jan 8 • javiero

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December 2025

Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a match: Israeli marriages.

In my last post I examined one measurable aspect of family life in Israel, divorce rates, under the premise that, if the memetic theory of Israeli…

Dec 27, 2025 • javiero

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The memetic theory of Israeli divorce

Divorcing some family outcomes from others?

Dec 22, 2025 • javiero

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Nitpicking the mimetic mixing theory of Israeli fertility

The thing about spending time working with a dataset is the more you work with it, the easier it becomes to extract information from that data.

Dec 18, 2025 • javiero

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The effect of (non-)religiosity on the fertility of an Israeli population. Part 2.

In my last post I analyzed fertility data for Arab Israeli cities and found out that median income impacts Arab Israeli fertility negatively (as…

Dec 5, 2025 • javiero

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November 2025

The dubious effect of religiosity on the fertility of an Israeli population

The mysterious fertility of Trad wives of Umm al-Fahm.

Nov 28, 2025 • javiero

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Is it Canari-Caribbean or Afro-Caribbean?

Exploring an Afro-Caribbean hypothesis to explain Canari-American cultural traits.

Nov 14, 2025 • javiero

October 2025

On Uruguayan religious culture

Is Uruguay somewhat Caribbean?

Oct 5, 2025 • javiero

September 2025

The Canari American marriage pattern

Yes, even marriage patterns are different in Canari America.

Sep 29, 2025 • javiero

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Do foreign film directors outperform American ones in international markets due to selection effects?

Answering comments on American soft power revisited.

Sep 5, 2025 • javiero

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