Marriage, Bequest, and Assortative Matching in Rural Ethiopia.

This article examines the determinants of human and physical capital at marriage. Using detailed data from rural Ethiopia, we find that assets brought to marriage are distributed in a highly unequal manner. For first unions, assets brought to marriage are positively associated with parents' wea...

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Hauptverfasser: Fafchamps, M, Quisumbing, A
Format: Journal article
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2005