Watta Satta : Bride Exchange and Women's Welfare in Rural Pakistan
In a setting where husbands wield considerable coercive power, forms of marriage should adapt to protect the interests of women and their families. The authors study the pervasive marriage custom of watta satta in rural Pakistan, a bride exchange b...
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okr-10986-71302021-04-23T14:02:32Z Watta Satta : Bride Exchange and Women's Welfare in Rural Pakistan Jacoby, Hanan G. Mansuri, Ghazala CHILDHOOD CLAN CONFLICT DIVORCE DOWRIES DOWRY ENDOGAMY EXOGAMY FAMILIES FAMILY SIZE FATHERS GENDER GIRLS HOUSEHOLDS IDEAS KINSHIP LAND OWNERSHIP LAWS MARRIAGE CUSTOMS MARRIAGES MARRIED MEN MARRIED WOMEN MOTHERS PARENTS POWER PRIVACY RURAL SOCIETY SEX SOCIETIES VILLAGES VIOLENCE VIRGINITY In a setting where husbands wield considerable coercive power, forms of marriage should adapt to protect the interests of women and their families. The authors study the pervasive marriage custom of watta satta in rural Pakistan, a bride exchange between families coupled with a mutual threat of retaliation. They show that watta satta may be a mechanism to coordinate the actions of two sets of in-laws, each of whom wish to restrain their sons-in-law but who only have the ability to restrain their sons. The authors' empirical results support this view. The likelihood of marital inefficiency, as measured by estrangement, domestic abuse, and wife's mental health, is significantly lower in watta satta arrangements as compared with conventional marriages, but only after properly accounting for selection. 2012-06-05T16:36:12Z 2012-06-05T16:36:12Z 2007-02 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/02/7351801/watta-satta-bride-exchange-womens-welfare-rural-pakistan http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7130 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4126 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research South Asia Pakistan |
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CHILDHOOD CLAN CONFLICT DIVORCE DOWRIES DOWRY ENDOGAMY EXOGAMY FAMILIES FAMILY SIZE FATHERS GENDER GIRLS HOUSEHOLDS IDEAS KINSHIP LAND OWNERSHIP LAWS MARRIAGE CUSTOMS MARRIAGES MARRIED MEN MARRIED WOMEN MOTHERS PARENTS POWER PRIVACY RURAL SOCIETY SEX SOCIETIES VILLAGES VIOLENCE VIRGINITY |
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CHILDHOOD CLAN CONFLICT DIVORCE DOWRIES DOWRY ENDOGAMY EXOGAMY FAMILIES FAMILY SIZE FATHERS GENDER GIRLS HOUSEHOLDS IDEAS KINSHIP LAND OWNERSHIP LAWS MARRIAGE CUSTOMS MARRIAGES MARRIED MEN MARRIED WOMEN MOTHERS PARENTS POWER PRIVACY RURAL SOCIETY SEX SOCIETIES VILLAGES VIOLENCE VIRGINITY Jacoby, Hanan G. Mansuri, Ghazala Watta Satta : Bride Exchange and Women's Welfare in Rural Pakistan |
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In a setting where husbands wield
considerable coercive power, forms of marriage should adapt
to protect the interests of women and their families. The
authors study the pervasive marriage custom of watta satta
in rural Pakistan, a bride exchange between families coupled
with a mutual threat of retaliation. They show that watta
satta may be a mechanism to coordinate the actions of two
sets of in-laws, each of whom wish to restrain their
sons-in-law but who only have the ability to restrain their
sons. The authors' empirical results support this view.
The likelihood of marital inefficiency, as measured by
estrangement, domestic abuse, and wife's mental health,
is significantly lower in watta satta arrangements as
compared with conventional marriages, but only after
properly accounting for selection. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Jacoby, Hanan G. Mansuri, Ghazala |
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Jacoby, Hanan G. Mansuri, Ghazala |
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Jacoby, Hanan G. |
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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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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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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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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/02/7351801/watta-satta-bride-exchange-womens-welfare-rural-pakistan http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7130 |
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