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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Main Authors:	Fafchamps, Marcel, Quisumbing, Agnes R.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	Inglés
Published:	Elsevier 2005
Subjects:	property cash transfers rural population inheritance assets
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/10568/172287

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