On the Timing of Marriage, Cattle, and Weather Shocks in Rural Zimbabwe

On the Timing of Marriage, Cattle, and Weather Shocks in Rural Zimbabwe

The authors focus on the timing of marriages of women in rural Zimbabwe. Zimbabwean marriages are associated with bride welath payments, which are transfers from (the family of) the groom to the bride's family. Unmarried daughters could theref...

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Main Authors: Hoogeveen, Johannes, Van der Klaauw, Bas, Van Lomwel, Gijsbert
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
AGING
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
ANIMALS
BIRTH RATE
CATTLE
CATTLE OWNERSHIP
CATTLE SALES
COWS
DEPENDENCE
DIVORCE
DOWRY
DRAFT POWER
ECONOMICS
FAMILIES
FARM
FARMERS
GENDER
GIRLS
GOATS
GRAZING
HERD LOSSES
HERD SIZE
HOUSEHOLDS
INCOMES
LAND REFORM
LIVESTOCK
MANURE
MARITAL STATUS
MARRIAGES
MARRIED WOMEN
MEAT
MILK
MINIMUM AGE
PESTS
POWER
RURAL AREAS
SOILS
UNEMPLOYMENT
VILLAGES COPING STRATEGIES
DURATION
MARRIAGE ECONOMIC ASPECTS
SMALL HOLDERS
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
LIVESTOCK NUMBERS
CATTLE INDUSTRY AND TRADE
WEATHER
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/08/2487580/timing-marriage-cattle-weather-shocks-rural-zimbabwe
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18120

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/08/2487580/timing-marriage-cattle-weather-shocks-rural-zimbabwe
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18120

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