Muslim Family Law, Prenuptial Agreements, and the Emergence of Dowry in Bangladesh
Muslim Family Law, Prenuptial Agreements, and the Emergence of Dowry in Bangladesh
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Oxford: MIT Press
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English
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We explain trends in dowry levels in Bangladesh by drawing attention to an institutional feature of marriage contracts previously ignored in the literature: mehr or traditional Islamic bride-price. We develop a model of marriage contracts in which mehr serves as a barrier to husbands exiting marriage and a component of dowry as an amount that ex an...
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Muslim Family Law, Prenuptial Agreements, and the Emergence of Dowry in Bangladesh
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_815277618
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_815277618
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0033-5533
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1531-4650
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10.1162/qjec.2010.125.3.1349
