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Sex Ratios, Polygyny, and the Value of Women in Marriage: A Beckerian Approach

Grossbard-Shechtman, Shoshana - 2014

that this analysis has been expanded and tested. Becker also used D&S analysis to develop his argument that polygyny … benefits women and used the positive association between brideprice and polygyny as evidence. Relying on D&S models of marriage … polygyny may be harmful to women. Furthermore, the positive association between brideprice and polygyny does not necessarily …

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Sex Ratios, Polygyny, and the Value of Women in Marriage: A Beckerian Approach

Grossbard, Shoshana - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

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Divorce, Abortion and Children's Sex Ratio: The Impact of Divorce Reform in China

Sun, Ang; Zhao, Yaohui - 2014

This paper explores how the relative circumstances of men and women following marital dissolution affect sex-selection behavior within marriages. China's 2001 divorce reform liberalized divorce in favor of women and secured women's property rights after separation. We use this improvement in...

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Divorce, Abortion and Children's Sex Ratio: The Impact of Divorce Reform in China

Sun, Ang; Zhao, Yaohui - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

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Capital Market Integration and Gender Inequality

Komura, Mizuki; Ogawa, Hikaru - 2018

This study explores the effects of globalization on gender inequality. Specifically, we depict that, in terms of capital market integration, globalization alters the gender gap in wage rates through changes in labor demand for capital-intensive sectors. Consequently, globalization leads to...

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Missing from the Market: Purdah Norm and Women's Paid Work Participation in Bangladesh

Asadullah, Niaz; Wahhaj, Zaki - 2016

Despite significant improvement in female schooling over the last two decades, only a small proportion of women in South Asia are in wage employment. We revisit this puzzle using a nationally representative data set from Bangladesh. Probit regression results show that even after accounting for...

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Globalization and Social Change: Gender-Specific Effects of Trade Liberalization in Indonesia

Kis-Katos, Krisztina; Pieters, Janneke; Sparrow, Robert - 2017

We analyse the gender-specific effects of trade liberalization on work participation and hours of work and primary participation in domestic duties in Indonesia. We show that female work participation increased in relative terms in regions that were more exposed to input tariff reductions,...

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Women's Political Participation and Intrahousehold Empowerment: Evidence from the Egyptian Arab Spring

Bargain, Olivier; Boutin, Delphine; Champeaux, Hugues - 2018

Egyptian women have played an unprecedented role in the Arab Spring democratic movement, possibly changing women's perception about their own rights and role. We question whether these events have translated into better outcomes within Egyptian households. We conjecture that potential changes...

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The Long-Term Determinants of Female HIV Infection in Africa: The Slave Trade, Polygyny, and Sexual Behavior

Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo - 2015

trade. First we show that, in clusters where polygyny is more widespread, HIV infection rates are higher. By instrumenting … polygyny with the demographic shock we can also establish that this link is causal. Next we turn to the channels through which … polygyny is likely to affect HIV infection by focusing on sexual behavior, as captured by the intensity of sexual activity and …

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Altruism, cooperation, and efficiency: Agricultural production in polygynous households

Akresh, Richard; Chen, Joyce J.; Moore, Charity - 2011

polygyny. Nor can they be explained by greater propensity for cooperation among women generally or by the household head acting …

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