Consanguinity and Other Marriage Market Effects of a Wealth Shock in Bangladesh

Demography

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1845-1871

  Mobarak, Ahmed Mushfiq ^a   Kuhn, Randall ^b   Peters, Christina ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^c METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Consanguinity; Embankment; Flood protection; Marriage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884784347     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-013-0208-2     Document Type: Article

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