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Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2010

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Selling daughters : age of marriage, income shocks and the bride price tradition

Corno, Lucia; Voena, Alessandra - 2016

When markets are incomplete, cultural norms may play an important role in shaping economic behavior. In this paper, we explore whether income shocks increase the probability of child marriages in societies that engage in bride price payments – transfers from the groom to the bride’s parents...

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Multi-generation model of immigrant earnings : theory and application

Epstein, Gil S. (contributor); … - 2001 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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