I really enjoyed this short piece from The Economist, reporting a study on how ancient agricultural choices (ploughing vs hoeing) are strongly predictive of percentages of women working outside of the home today. The type of evidence used strongly reminds me of some of Jared Diamond's historical and ecological detective work in Guns, Germs, and Steel. I am looking forward to Google Scholar-ing and reading the original study when I have a bit of time.
http://www.economist.com/node/18986073
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