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Sex ratios, polygyny, and the value of women in marriage : a Beckerian approach
Grossbard-Shechtman, Shoshana - 2014
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010458479
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Polygamy and female labour supply in Senegal
Cudeville, Elisabeth; Guénard, Charlotte; Robilliard, … - 2017
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011656317
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Divorce, abortion and children's sex ratio : the impact of divorce reform in China
Sun, Ang; Zhao, Yaohui - 2014
This paper explores how the relative circumstances of men and women following marital dissolution affect sex-selection behavior within marriages. China's 2001 divorce reform liberalized divorce in favor of women and secured women's property rights after separation. We use this improvement in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010360909
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Couples and gender inequality
Larsen, Kristian - 2023
This study shows that entering into a cohabiting partnership leads to long lasting earnings losses for women, even after accounting for the impact of child penalties. While 2 ⁄3 of the total effect of cohabitation is due to partnered women having higher fertility than unpartnered women, an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014439447
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Altruism, cooperation, and efficiency: Agricultural production in polygynous households
Akresh, Richard; Chen, Joyce J.; Moore, Charity - 2011
polygyny. Nor can they be explained by greater propensity for cooperation among women generally or by the household head acting …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282405
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Forced Migration, Female Labor Force Participation, and Intra-Household Bargaining : Does Conflict Empower Women?
Calderón, Valentina; Gafaro, Margarita; Ibáñez, Ana M. - 2011
Civilian displacement is a common phenomenon in developing countries confronted with internal conflict. While displacement directly affects forced migrants, it also contributes to deteriorating labor conditions of vulnerable groups in receiving communities. For the displaced population, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014178228
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Forced Migration, Female Labour Force Participation, and Intra-Household Bargaining : Does Conflict Empower Women?
Ibáñez, Ana M. - 2011
Civilian displacement is a common phenomenon in developing countries confronted with internal conflict. While displacement directly affects forced migrants, it also contributes to deteriorating labour conditions of vulnerable groups in receiving communities. For the displaced population, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013118014
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What's the use of marriage?
Cigno, Alessandro - 2009
We use elementary game-theoretical concepts to compare domestic equilibria with and without marriage. In particular, we examine the effects of marriage legislation, matrimonial property regime, and divorce court sentencing practice, on the decision to marry, and on the choice of game conditional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269649
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Honey, I'll be working late tonight. The effect of individual work routines on leisure time synchronization of couples
Scheffel, Juliane - 2010
German time use data for 2001/02 are used to assess the impact of workplace characteristics on the private life of couples. The major aim is to solve the endogeneity resulting from individual preferences for work and leisure to identify the pure effects of the workplace independent from other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270810
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An assignment model with divorce and remarriage
Chiappori, Pierre-André; Iyigun, Murat; Weiss, Yoram - 2008
We develop a two-sided matching model with positive sorting, divorce and remarriage. Match quality for each couple is revealed ex post and those with poor draws divorce. Competition determines lifetime expected utilities but per-period utilities depend on the laws that govern the distribution of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272030