The Rising Price of Husbands: A Hedonic Analysis of Dowry Increases in Rural India

Rao, Vijayendra

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“…In this region, marriage payments are mostly found in the form of dowries meaning that the bride's parents give the marriage payment to the groom. Several studies in the literature analyse the relationship between dowry payments and various other factors such as the surplus of women in the marriage market (Rao, 1993), the caste system (Anderson, 2003), domestic violence (Srinivasan & Bedi, 2007), female human capital endowment (Sharma & Frijters, 2009) and family planning (Peters, 2011).…”

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Bride Price and Fertility Decisions: Evidence from Rural Senegal

Mbaye

Wagner

2016

The Journal of Development Studies

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This paper provides evidence about the relationship between bride price payments and fertility decisions in Senegal. Higher bride price payments reduce the fertility pressure for women with results being robust to confounding socio-economic and contextual factors. The fertility-reducing impact is greater for women who are economically dependent on their husbands. In polygamous households and for arranged marriages, a lower bride price increases fertility pressure while in monogamous households and for non-arranged marriages, the bride price does not affect fertility. As bride price payments have less power over (economically) independent women, empowerment will give leeway to girls in traditional societies.

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Bride Price and Fertility Decisions: Evidence from Rural Senegal

Mbaye

Wagner

2016

The Journal of Development Studies

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“…However, unlike Alfano (2015) and Bhalotra et al (2016), dowry has no impact on fertility and sexselection and the effects on expenditure on children's education are inconclusive according to their analysis. Anukriti et al (2016) also describe the trends in dowry payments in contemporary rural India, thereby informing the ongoing lively debate in the literature on whether South Asia has been experiencing dowry inflation in recent years, and, if so, whether it has been caused by a marriage squeeze (e.g., Rao (1993), Edlund (2006), Anderson (2007b)) 4 .…”

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Marriage Markets in Developing Countries

Anukriti

Dasgupta

2017

The Oxford Handbook of Women and the Economy

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“…In India, dowries are largest among the highest ranking castes and wealthiest families [3]. Also in India, the most important quality of a bride is usually a good appearance, whereas for a groom it is the ability to earn a living, often reflected in his educational level [4].…”

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Human capital effects of marriage payments

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The Rising Price of Husbands: A Hedonic Analysis of Dowry Increases in Rural India

Cited by 282 publications

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Bride Price and Fertility Decisions: Evidence from Rural Senegal

Bride Price and Fertility Decisions: Evidence from Rural Senegal

Marriage Markets in Developing Countries

Human capital effects of marriage payments

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