of men to women in marriage markets - on individual consumption of married men and women, and indicate some of the ways … benefits women and used the positive association between brideprice and polygyny as evidence. Relying on D&S models of marriage …A central component of his theory of marriage Becker's Demand and Supply (D&S) models of marriage are also among the …

for girls and women because it may: incentivize early marriage and lead to higher fertility; promote the view that …Bride price, which is payment from the groom and/or the groom's family to the bride's family at the time of marriage … husbands have 'purchased' their wives, resulting is worse treatment of wives; and trap women in unhappy marriages due to the …

analysis. In this paper we study the unintended consequences of a public information campaign on water quality on the marriage … campaign. We study the impact of the campaign on marriage patterns in rural Bangladesh. Using a difference-in-difference model …, we analyse the age at marriage, bride price agreed at the time of marriage and find that both of them decreased in …

data from Indonesia covering a period of 22 years, we analyze how ethnic-based kinship systems and marriage customs …

- increase the probability of abduction marriage only for women from ethnic groups that traditionally exchange a bride price. … wishes to wed. In this paper, we use quantitative and qualitative methods to characterize the practice of abduction marriage … in Ethiopia. We first present the results from in-depth qualitative surveys with community leaders and abducted women in …

educational homogamy in the marriage market and cross-productivity effects in the household allow Filipino women to reap … schooling for women is approximately 20 percent in both labor and marriage markets. In comparison, men experience a 12 percent …Using data from the Bicol region of the Phillipines, we examine why women are more educated than men in a rural …