The Economics of Consanguineous Marriages
This paper provides an economic rationale for the practice of consanguineous marriages observed in parts of the developing world. In a model of incomplete marriage markets, dowries are viewed as ex ante transfers made from the bride's family to the groom's family when the promise of ex pos...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | en_US |
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MIT Press
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16604 |