On the heterogeneity of dowry motives
By: Raj Arunachalam, Trevon D. Logan
Contributors: Logan, Trevon D. (Trevon D'Marcus); National Bureau of Economic Research
Series: NBER working paper paper series -- no. 12630; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) -- working paper no. 12630.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 45
Subjects: Dowry; Econometric models
Description: Dowries have been modeled as pre-mortem bequests to daughters or as groom-prices paid to in-laws. These two classes of models yield mutually exclusive predictions, but empirical tests of these predictions have been mixed. We argue that the heterogeneity of findings can be explained by a heterogeneous world--some households use dowries as a bequest and others use dowries as a price.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.