The male marital earnings premium in the context of bride wealth payments: Evidence from South Africa

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 211-230

  Casale, Daniela ^a   Posel, Dorrit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHABITATION; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LABOR MARKET; MARRIAGE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WAGE;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 72649105816     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/647976     Document Type: Article

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