Supply-and-demand demographics: dowry, daughter aversion and marriage markets in contemporary north India

Contemporary South Asia

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 171-188

  Jeffery, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

consumerism; dowry; marriage migration; marriage squeeze; status competition

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; FERTILITY; MARRIAGE; SON PREFERENCE;

INDIA;

EID: 84898614165     PISSN: 09584935     EISSN: 1469364X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09584935.2014.899982     Document Type: Article

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