Polygamy, the Commodification of Women, and Underdevelopment

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Family systems shape social institutions, yet they are rarely considered in histories of economic development. In this article, we show that a suite of social conventions—such as age gaps at marriage, bride price, sequestration, and discrimi...

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Main Authors: Seligson, Daniel, McCants, Anne EC
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. History Section
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2022
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/144302

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