Watta satta: Bride exchange and women"s welfare in rural Pakistan

American Economic Review

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1804-1825

  Jacoby, Hanan G ^a   Mansuri, Ghazala ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

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EID: 77956954088     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.100.4.1804     Document Type: Article

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