The Risk of Polygamy and Wives’ Saving Behavior

In a polygamous society, all monogamous women are potentially at risk of polygamy. However, both the anthropological and economic literatures are silent on the potential impact of the risk of polygamy on economic decisions of monogamous wives. We explore this issue for Senegal using individual panel...

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Main Authors:	Boltz, Marie, Chort, Isabelle
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank 2020
Subjects:	POLYGAMY SAVINGS INTRA-HOUSEHOLD ALLOCATION CONSUMPTION SURVIVAL ANALYSIS
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34295

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spelling	okr-10986-342952021-05-25T10:54:38Z The Risk of Polygamy and Wives’ Saving Behavior Boltz, Marie Chort, Isabelle POLYGAMY SAVINGS INTRA-HOUSEHOLD ALLOCATION CONSUMPTION SURVIVAL ANALYSIS In a polygamous society, all monogamous women are potentially at risk of polygamy. However, both the anthropological and economic literatures are silent on the potential impact of the risk of polygamy on economic decisions of monogamous wives. We explore this issue for Senegal using individual panel data. We first estimate a Cox model for the probability of transition to polygamy. Second, we estimate the impact of the predicted risk of polygamy on monogamous wives’ savings. We find a positive impact of the risk of polygamy on female savings entrusted to formal or informal institutions suggestive of self-protective strategies. This increase in savings comes at the cost of reduced consumption, both in terms of household food expenditures and wives’ private nonfood expenses. 2020-08-06T20:07:46Z 2020-08-06T20:07:46Z 2019-02 Journal Article World Bank Economic Review 1564-698X http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34295 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Journal Article Africa Senegal
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description	In a polygamous society, all monogamous women are potentially at risk of polygamy. However, both the anthropological and economic literatures are silent on the potential impact of the risk of polygamy on economic decisions of monogamous wives. We explore this issue for Senegal using individual panel data. We first estimate a Cox model for the probability of transition to polygamy. Second, we estimate the impact of the predicted risk of polygamy on monogamous wives’ savings. We find a positive impact of the risk of polygamy on female savings entrusted to formal or informal institutions suggestive of self-protective strategies. This increase in savings comes at the cost of reduced consumption, both in terms of household food expenditures and wives’ private nonfood expenses.
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author	Boltz, Marie Chort, Isabelle
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title	The Risk of Polygamy and Wives’ Saving Behavior
title_short	The Risk of Polygamy and Wives’ Saving Behavior
title_full	The Risk of Polygamy and Wives’ Saving Behavior
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title_full_unstemmed	The Risk of Polygamy and Wives’ Saving Behavior
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publisher	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
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The Risk of Polygamy and Wives’ Saving Behavior

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