2013
DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2013.841884
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Education and Freedom of Choice: Evidence from Arranged Marriages in Vietnam

Abstract: Using household data from Vietnam, we provide evidence on the causal effects of education on freedom of spouse choice. We use war disruptions and spatial indicators of schooling supply as instruments. The point estimates indicate that a year of additional schooling reduces the probability of an arranged marriage by about 14 percentage points for an individual with 8 years of schooling. We also estimate bounds that do not rely on the exact exclusion restrictions (lower bound is 6-7 percentage points). The impac… Show more

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“…allow the parameter δ to be close to but not actually equal to zero; in other words, they allow the IV to be only "plausibly exogenous." The range of possible values for δ follows previous application of the Conley bound method in the literature (for example, Emran, Maret-Rakotondrazaka, and Smith 2014). By allowing the value of δ to vary, one can test the effect on the estimated parameter if the underlying assumption-that the IV is totally exogenous with respect to the dependent variable-is not entirely correct, that is, if there is some degree of endogeneity.…”
Section: Technical Estimationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…allow the parameter δ to be close to but not actually equal to zero; in other words, they allow the IV to be only "plausibly exogenous." The range of possible values for δ follows previous application of the Conley bound method in the literature (for example, Emran, Maret-Rakotondrazaka, and Smith 2014). By allowing the value of δ to vary, one can test the effect on the estimated parameter if the underlying assumption-that the IV is totally exogenous with respect to the dependent variable-is not entirely correct, that is, if there is some degree of endogeneity.…”
Section: Technical Estimationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…B. die Studie von Ghimire et al (2006) mit knapp 3000 Nepalesinnen und Nepalesen oder ein Befund aus Taiwan, basierend auf einem Survey mit über 16 000 Frauen, in dem Bildung den stärksten Effekt von allen in den Analysen berücksichtigen Einflussfaktoren aufweist (Thornton et al 1994b, c). Ein ähnlicher Befund findet sich in einer vietnamesischen Studie mit über 3000 Personen (Emran et al 2009), ebenso wie in einer Studie aus Jordanien (Khoury und Massad 1992) und, der vielleicht allererste Befund dieser Art, in einer Untersuchung mit japanischen Ehepaaren (Blood 1967, S. 37 f.).…”
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“…Similar patterns are reported by Mathur (2007) who finds that living in a joint family, owning a family business, lower educational attainment, lower levels of labor force participation, and traditional values and lifestyle are positively correlated with the probability of women having arranged marriages in Mumbai, India. Emran et al (2014) use war disruptions and spatial indicators of schooling supply in Vietnam as instruments for education and find a negative relation between schooling and arranged marriages: the effect is stronger for women compared to men. In general, Rubio (2014) contends that the worldwide decline in arranged marriages is positively correlated with education, urbanization, female employment outside the household, and decline in the importance of agriculture.…”
Section: How Do People Get Married?mentioning
confidence: 99%