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The focus of this study is to estimate an equation explaining the determinants of dowry. In this paper, we address a … very common socio-economic problem for sub-continent, the problem of dowry. From a social planner's perspective, who wants … to reduce overall dowry transfers, we consider the effect of change in a few relevant parameters like husband height …
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distinct phenotypes: Caucasian, mestizo and indigenous. We also randomly vary marital status across gender and phenotype. Hence …
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of XVIIIth century with all legal, economic and social connotations involved. The marriage contracts studied fall into a … contractual liabilities of the spouses, the status of the children, some problems related to wealth and dowry, I tried to mark out …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008587487
of XVIIIth century with all legal, economic and social connotations involved. The marriage contracts studied fall into a … contractual liabilities of the spouses, the status of the children, some problems related to wealth and dowry, I tried to mark out …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008764704
Using a national representative sample for Mexico, we analyse the effect of a husband having a working mother on the probability that he has a working wife. Our results show that labour force participation by a husband’s mother increases the probability of the labour force participation of his...
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In an open economy with common property resources at the community level, marriage and migratory decisions crucially …-cut implications for marriage strategies, migratory flows, and fertility rates. …
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Standard Surveys for 1992/93 and 1997/98 to study the role of gender in these remittance flows, both from the perspective of … receiving and sending remittances. Knowing about gender differences will help to better explain the impact of remittances and to … understand the nature of gender roles during a time of economic transformation. We find important distinctions, such as a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008490469
The focus of this study is to estimate an equation explaining the determinants of dowry. In this paper, we address a … very common socio-economic problem for sub-continent, the problem of dowry. From a social planner's perspective, who wants … to reduce overall dowry transfers, we consider the effect of change in a few relevant parameters like husband height …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008476381
form an image on various aspects of daily life, poorly known from other sources: household size, land property, earnings in … marriage furniture, tools, animals, prices, food, secular and religious involvement of the private life etc. In addition to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009647374
form an image on various aspects of daily life, poorly known from other sources: household size, land property, earnings in … marriage furniture, tools, animals, prices, food, secular and religious involvement of the private life etc. In addition to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008764682