Bride Price and Female Education
Bride Price and Female Education
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Chicago: The University of Chicago Press
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English
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Chicago: The University of Chicago Press
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We document an important consequence of bride price, a payment made by the groom to the bride’s family at marriage. Revisiting Indonesia’s school construction program, we find that among ethnic groups without the custom, it had no effect on girls’ schooling. Among ethnic groups with the custom, it had large positive effects. We show (theoretically...
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Bride Price and Female Education
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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2351328868
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2351328868
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0022-3808
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1537-534X
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10.1086/704572
