Kanazawa (J of Politics, 2009) claims that polygyny may be the "first law of intergroup conflict (civil wars …)". Gleditsch et al. (J of Politics, 2011) reject this claim by showing that the effect of polygyny on civil war onset disappears … once misogyny is controlled for. Our paper recapitulates this theoretical and empirical debate. We explore further …

This paper proposes three theoretical mechanisms through which polygyny may be related to social unrest. The mechanisms …

This paper proposes three theoretical mechanisms through which polygyny may be related to social unrest. The mechanisms …

This paper proposes three theoretical mechanisms through which polygyny may be related to social unrest. The mechanisms …

This paper proposes three theoretical mechanisms through which polygyny may be related to social unrest. The mechanisms …

This paper proposes three theoretical mechanisms through which polygyny may be related to social unrest. The mechanisms …

This paper proposes three theoretical mechanisms through which polygyny may be related to social unrest. The mechanisms …

that this analysis has been expanded and tested. Becker also used D&S analysis to develop his argument that polygyny … benefits women and used the positive association between brideprice and polygyny as evidence. Relying on D&S models of marriage … polygyny may be harmful to women. Furthermore, the positive association between brideprice and polygyny does not necessarily …

In this paper, we explore the links between polygyny and female labour supply in Senegal using a nationally … representative survey. In a reduced-form approach, we first measure the impact of polygyny on participation using a joint model of … spouse participation. The identification of the impact of polygyny relies on the use of district-level variables as …