Watta Satta: Bride Exchange and Women's Welfare in Rural Pakistan

Can marriage institutions limit marital inefficiency? We study the pervasive custom of watta satta in rural Pakistan, a bride exchange between families coupled with a mutual threat of retaliation. Watta satta can be seen as a mechanism for coordinating the actions of two sets of parents, each wishin...

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Main Authors:	Jacoby, Hanan G., Mansuri, Ghazala
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Marriage Marital Dissolution Family Structure Domestic Abuse J120 Economics of Gender Non-labor Discrimination J160 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 Economic Development: Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses Transportation O180 Economic Sociology Economic Anthropology Social and Economic Stratification Z130
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spelling	okr-10986-58772021-04-23T14:02:23Z Watta Satta: Bride Exchange and Women's Welfare in Rural Pakistan Jacoby, Hanan G. Mansuri, Ghazala Marriage Marital Dissolution Family Structure Domestic Abuse J120 Economics of Gender Non-labor Discrimination J160 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 Economic Development: Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses Transportation O180 Economic Sociology Economic Anthropology Social and Economic Stratification Z130 Can marriage institutions limit marital inefficiency? We study the pervasive custom of watta satta in rural Pakistan, a bride exchange between families coupled with a mutual threat of retaliation. Watta satta can be seen as a mechanism for coordinating the actions of two sets of parents, each wishing to restrain their son-in-law. We find that marital discord, as measured by estrangement, domestic abuse, and wife's mental health, is indeed significantly lower in watta satta versus "conventional" marriage, but only after accounting for selection bias. These benefits cannot be explained by endogamy, a marriage pattern associated with watta satta. 2012-03-30T07:34:59Z 2012-03-30T07:34:59Z 2010 Journal Article American Economic Review 00028282 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5877 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article Pakistan
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description	Can marriage institutions limit marital inefficiency? We study the pervasive custom of watta satta in rural Pakistan, a bride exchange between families coupled with a mutual threat of retaliation. Watta satta can be seen as a mechanism for coordinating the actions of two sets of parents, each wishing to restrain their son-in-law. We find that marital discord, as measured by estrangement, domestic abuse, and wife's mental health, is indeed significantly lower in watta satta versus "conventional" marriage, but only after accounting for selection bias. These benefits cannot be explained by endogamy, a marriage pattern associated with watta satta.
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author	Jacoby, Hanan G. Mansuri, Ghazala
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title	Watta Satta: Bride Exchange and Women's Welfare in Rural Pakistan
title_short	Watta Satta: Bride Exchange and Women's Welfare in Rural Pakistan
title_full	Watta Satta: Bride Exchange and Women's Welfare in Rural Pakistan
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Watta Satta: Bride Exchange and Women's Welfare in Rural Pakistan

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