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...
Main Authors: | Boltz, Marie, Chort, Isabelle |
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Format: | Journal Article |
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Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
2020
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34295 |
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