Payments at the time of marriage, which are ubiquitous in developing countries, can be substantial enough to impoverish … parents. Brideprice and dowry have both been linked to domestic violence against women, and inflation in these payments has … prompted legislation against them in several jurisdictions. Marriage payments are often a substitute for investment in female …

with their marriage and are more likely to divorce. Finally, based on time use surveys, the gender gap in non-market work …We examine causes and consequences of relative income within households. We establish that gender identity – in … particular, an aversion to the wife earning more than the husband – impacts marriage formation, the wife's labor force …

Bertrand et al. (2015) show that among married couples in the US, the distribution of the share of the household income … gender equal countries. Analyzing Swedish population register data, we do not find support for the norm that a man should …

Payments at the time of marriage, which are ubiquitous in developing countries, can be substantial enough to impoverish … parents. Brideprice and dowry have both been linked to domestic violence against women, and inflation in these payments has … prompted legislation against them in several jurisdictions. Marriage payments are often a substitute for investment in female …

Payments at the time of marriage, which are ubiquitous in developing countries, can be substantial enough to impoverish … parents. Brideprice and dowry have both been linked to domestic violence against women, and inflation in these payments has … prompted legislation against them in several jurisdictions. Marriage payments are often a substitute for investment in female …

We derive the behavioural implications of legislation on the subject of marriage, divorce, de-facto unions, domestic …

We explore the link between child gender and household financial decisions within a cultural environment that strongly … favours having a son. Using data from the China Household Finance Survey (CHFS), we find that the presence of a daughter is … marriage market thanks to the relative under-supply of unmarried women, have lower incentives to raise their female heirs …

Although there are numerous studies of the dowry phenonmenon in India, research pertaining to the custom in the rest of … South Asia is sparse. The aim of this paper is to study dowry payments in Pakistan. Several interpretations for dowry are …. The investigation concludes that despite religious and cultural differences, the phenomenon of dowry in Pakistan appears …

Bertrand et al. (2015) show that among married couples in the US, the distribution of the share of the household income … gender equal countries. Analyzing Swedish population register data, we do not find support for the norm that a man should …

conflictual interactions within the household.Participation in a rosca is a strategy a wife employs to protect her savings against …