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The Rising Price of Husbands: A Hedonic Analysis of Dowry Increases in Rural India

Rao, Vijayendra·1993·Journal of Political Economy
DOI 10.1086/261892
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Dowries in South Asia have steadily risen over the last 40 years and now often amount to over 50 percent of a household's assets. This paper attempts to investigate the reasons behind this increase. It adapts Rosen's implicit market model to the Indian marriage market and tests predictions from the model with data from six villages in South Central India and from the Indian census. It is found that a "marriage squeeze" caused by population growth, resulting in larger younger cohorts and hence a surplus of women in the marriage market, has played a significant role in the rise in dowries.

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Authors
Rao, V.
Venue
Journal of Political Economy
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Published
1993-08
Volume
101
Issue
4
Pages
666-677
ISSN
  • 0022-3808 (ISSN-L)
  • 1537-534X
DOI
10.1086/261892
OpenAlex
W2083420035
Cited by
385
References
7
FWCI
9.98
Type
journal article
Language
en
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