Assets at marriage in rural Ethiopia

This paper examines the determinants of assets at marriage in rural Ethiopia. We identify and test three separate processes that determine assets brought to marriage: assortative matching; compensating parental transfers at marriage; and strategic behavior by parents. We find ample evidence for the...

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Autores principales:	Fafchamps, Marcel, Quisumbing, Agnes R.
Formato:	Journal Article
Lenguaje:	Inglés
Publicado:	Elsevier 2005
Materias:	property cash transfers rural population inheritance assets
Acceso en línea:	https://hdl.handle.net/10568/172287

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