Daughters or dowries? The changing nature of dowry practices in south India

World Development

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 593-615

  Srinivasan, Sharada ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asia; Declining sex ratio; Dowry; South India; Women

Indexed keywords

CASTE SYSTEM; CULTURAL TRADITION; MARRIAGE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WOMENS STATUS;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 16244390545     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2004.12.003     Document Type: Article

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