Assets at Marriage in Rural Ethiopia.

This paper examines the determinants of assets at marriage in rural Ethiopia. We identify and test three separate processes that determine assets brought to marriage: assortative matching; compensating parental transfers at marriage; and strategic behavior by parents. We find ample evidence for the...

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Auteurs principaux: Fafchamps, M, Quisumbing, A
Format: Journal article
Langue:English
Publié: Elsevier 2005