how polygyny affects individual and aggregate fertility. We find that an attractive woman is more likely to find a high-status … husband. However, when polygyny is allowed, high-status husbands naturally attract other women; this implies that female … is not too strong. However, the societal practice of polygyny increases aggregate fertility through two distinct channels …

investment, showing a contagion or herding effect. Furthermore, we find that ethnic and group fragmentation increases the demand …

Marriage regimes exist in many guises and forms. Economists have studied monogamy and polygyny, the two most commonly … monogamy is most common, polygyny frequent, polyandry rare, and cenogamy virtually non-existent. Within-wives conflicts over … resources also provide an alternative explanation for why polygyny has historically been less common than monogamy and why the …

explains the HIV/AIDS gender gap by the configuration of sexual networks. Each individual desires sexual relationships with … relations. The first process leads to egalitarian pairwise stable networks in the long run, and HIV/AIDS is equally prevalent … among men and women. The second process leads to anti-egalitarian pairwise stable networks reflecting male domination, and …

at the later stage of the transition from polygyny to monogamy, the spread of human capital and the increase of labor …Why has polygyny, marriage of a man to multiple women, common in most societies throughout history, almost disappeared … income have led to the rise of monogamy. A general equilibrium model of the marriage market illustrates that the spread of …

marriage institutions: polygyny, strict monogamy, and serial monogamy (divorce and remarriage). After having identified the … regime from polygyny to monogamy. The introduction of serial monogamy follows from a further rise in either the proportion of … rich males, or an increase in the proportion of rich females. Strict monogamy is a prerequisite to serial monogamy, as it …

at the later stage of the transition from polygyny to monogamy, the spread of human capital and the increase of labor …Why has polygyny, marriage of a man to multiple women, common in most societies throughout history, almost disappeared … income have led to the rise of monogamy. A general equilibrium model of the marriage market illustrates that the spread of …

marriage institutions: polygyny, strict monogamy, and serial monogamy (divorce and remarriage). After having identified the … regime from polygyny to monogamy. The introduction of serial monogamy follows from a further rise in either the proportion of … rich males, or an increase in the proportion of rich females. Strict monogamy is a prerequisite to serial monogamy, as it …

marriage institutions: polygyny, strict monogamy, and serial monogamy (divorce and remarriage). After having identified the … regime from polygyny to monogamy. The introduction of serial monogamy follows from a further rise in either the proportion of … rich males, or an increase in the proportion of rich females. Strict monogamy is a prerequisite to serial monogamy, as it …