The Perverse Effects of High Brideprices

World Development

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1221-1236

  Platteau, Jean Philippe ^a   Gaspart, Frederic ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

arranged vs love marriages; marriage payments; strategic behavior; West Africa; women's bargaining power

Indexed keywords

BARGAINING; MARRIAGE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

AFRICA; SENEGAL; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 34250008834     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2006.09.017     Document Type: Article

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