The institution of consanguineous marriage-a marriage contracted between close biological relatives-has been a basic … and a groom. When marriage contracts are incomplete, dowries transfer control rights to the party with the highest … incentives to invest in a marriage. When these transactions are costly however, consanguinity can be a more appropriate response …

male wage inequality on her local marriage market - the more heterogeneous potential future mates are in terms of earnings … education but the other one does not. Because of the high degree of assortative matching according to education on the marriage … one, they have the most to gain from divorcing and going back to the marriage market. This incentive becomes stronger if …