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References for Human capital effects of marriage payments
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Further reading
- Anderson, S. "Why dowry payments declined with modernisation in Europe but are rising in India" Journal of Political Economy 111:2 (2003): 269–310.
- Anderson, S. "The economics of dowry and brideprice" Journal of Economic Perspectives 21:4 (2007): 151–174.
- Zhang, J., Chan, W. "Dowry and wife’s welfare: A theoretical and empirical analysis" Journal of Political Economy 107:4 (1999): 786–808.
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Key references
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Goody, J. "Bridewealth and
dowry in Africa and Eurasia" In: Goody, J., Tambiah, S. J. (eds). Bridewealth and
Dowry. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1974. Key reference: [1]
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Boserup, E. Women’s Role in
Economic Development. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1970. Key reference: [2]
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Rao, V. "The rising price of
husbands: A hedonic analysis of dowry increases in rural
India" Journal of
Political Economy 101 (1993): 666–677. Key reference: [3]
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Dalmia, S., Lawrence, P. "The institution of
dowry in India: Why it continues to prevail" Journal of
Developing Areas 38:2 (2005): 71–93. Key reference: [4]
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Srinivas, M. N. Some Reflections on
Dowry. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1984. Key reference: [5]
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Becker, G. A Treatise on the
Family. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1991. Key reference: [6]
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Rao, V., Deolalikar, A. "The demand for
dowries and bride characteristics in marriage: Empirical
estimates for rural South-central India" In: Maithreyi, K., Sudershan, R., Shariff, A. (eds). Gender, Population
and Development. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998. Key reference: [7]
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Wendo, C. "African women
denounce brideprice" Lancet 363:9410 (2004): 716. Key reference: [8]
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Bloch, F., Rao, V. "Terror as a
bargaining instrument: Dowry violence in rural India" American Economic
Review 92:4 (2002): 1029–1043. Key reference: [9]
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Anderson, S., Ray, D. "The age
distribution of missing women in India" Economic and
Political Weekly 47:48 (2012): 87–95. Key reference: [10]
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Goody, J. "Bridewealth and
dowry in Africa and Eurasia" In: Goody, J., Tambiah, S. J. (eds). Bridewealth and
Dowry. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1974.