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well as members of adjacent generations linked by marriage (in-laws) are modeled as self-interested agents offering or … and happiness of in-family caregivers could be enriched by taking account of material in-marriage transfers that the … their counterparts in the South. Their families are also likely to pay lower dowries at the time of marriage, which is …
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This paper examines the impact of the 2001 Gujarat earthquake on age at marriage and other assortative matching … document that the earthquake reduced the age at marriage for both men and women and decreased the likelihood of women marrying … highlight how the institution of marriage can induce long-lasting demographic changes after a natural disaster. …
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If women marry younger than men, increased population growth causes a surplus of women in the marriage market. This … observed shifts in the age distributions and sex ratio of unmarried men and women during the marriage squeeze lead to higher …
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, where the bride's side has to pay substantial dowries to the groom's side at marriage, but a positive impact in the Republic … of Korea, where, as in the People's Republic of China, the groom's side has to bear a disproportionate share of marriage …
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Dowry payments are common in many marriage markets. This paper uses data on over 74,000 marriages in rural India over … dowry payments after 1975 and demonstrate that this could be rationalized within a search model of marriage markets …
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daughters, when the marriage market exhibits competitive dowry payments and altruistic but paternalistic parents benefit from …
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Abstract. If women marry younger than men, increased population growth causes a surplus of women in the marriage market … study if this so-called marriage squeeze has caused a dowry "inflation" in India. Using data from Karnataka it is shown that … the observed shifts in the age distributions and sex ratio of unmarried men and women during the marriage squeeze lead to …
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dowries to the groom's side at marriage, but a positive impact in Korea, where, as in China, the groom's side has to bear a … disproportionate share of marriage-related expenses including purchasing a house or condominium for the newlywed couple. …
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by an improvement in marriage market negotiations and this led to women marrying partners that consume less alcohol. …
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, where the bride's side has to pay substantial dowries to the groom's side at marriage, but a positive impact in the Republic … of Korea, where, as in the People's Republic of China, the groom's side has to bear a disproportionate share of marriage …
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