Improving Child Marriage Interventions in Bangladesh A literature ...
Much of the abuse of the dowry system can be attributed to the fact that marital transfers, whether dowry or groomprice, cannot be contracted upon because they ...
Marital transfers and the welfare of women - SciSpaceThis study found that dowry-demand by in-laws, justification of wife-beating and lack of decision-making on work and household pur- chases are ... The Marriage Market Value of Bride Age and Education: A Vignette ...Increasing the marriage age from 16 to 18 years (the legal age of marriage in Bangladesh) increases dowry by USD 69 while increasing education from 10 years to ... The Price of Fertility: Marriage Markets and Family Planning in ...Abstract. This paper considers the impact of family planning on dowry transfers. We construct a marriage market model in which prospective mates anticipate ...
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