data from Indonesia covering a period of 22 years, we analyze how ethnic-based kinship systems and marriage customs … typically fail to consider cultural factors. Here, we contribute to the scant literature on cultural practices and nutrition …, focusing on issues of gender discrimination and intra-household resource allocation. In particular, using representative panel …

Obesity is significantly more prevalent among non-Hispanic African-American (henceforth "black") women than among non … and in obesity prevalence between black women and white women do not narrow substantially after controlling for …-Hispanic white American (henceforth "white") women. These differences have persisted without much alteration since the early 1970s …

women) can help explain measurable outcomes such as marriage formation, intra-marriage distribution of consumption goods …This paper reviews models of marriage, with special emphasis on how the sex ratio (the ratio of marriageable men to …

Many studies have shown that obesity is a serious health problem for our society. Empirical analyses often neglect a … influence on health. Women are less affected. (7) A healthy diet strengthens the resilience for individuals who are not obese …) Weight fluctuations induce negative effects on the health of women only. (10) Four of the big five components of personality …

whether, and to what extent, does the incidence of early marriage shape the married women's perspectives on gender preference … have sharpened over time. The findings of this study underscore the role played by early marriage in altering the gender … treatment effects) and a large set of model specifications, and find significant evidence supporting the role of early marriage …

presence of conflicting family goals within a couple, and show that male scarcity (a decrease in the male to female sex ratio …

women pradhans, I estimate the effect of the Panchayati Raj institutions on age and autonomy over marriage. Results indicate … that women in local government decrease the likelihood of child marriage, and increase the age at first marriage and gauna …. The effects seem to be driven by changes in gender and cultural norms, because there is a reduction in the prevalence of …

The body mass index (BMI) is the primary means of classifying obesity and reflects a complex set of interactions … related to the institution of marriage and household characteristics. There is an inverse relationship between BMI and height …, and height reflects the cumulative price of net nutrition during childhood and resources devoted to an off-spring's health …

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 … and based on the section of Becker's Treatise on the Family dealing with "price" rigidities in marriage it is shown that …

This paper is the first to provide evidence that cultural attitudes towards gender equality affect behaviors with … that descending from more gender-equal societies makes girls relatively more prone to smoke than boys. Using data from over … that the higher the degree of gender equality in the country of ancestry, the higher the likelihood that immigrant girls …