Did One Veil Give Women a Better Life?
, 2014 Unfortunately, a young woman in Renaissance Florence did not have many options for her future. A woman\u27s family usually decided whether she would be able to get married or would have to enter the convent, but sometimes she was able to make this choice.
Westermann, Mary C.
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Marital transfers and welfare of women [PDF]
, 2011 Throughout history, marriage has often been accompanied by substantial exchange of wealth. The practice of dowry-giving, in particular, has shown considerable diversity across cultures and over time.
Chan, W
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Terror as a bargaining instrument : a case study of dowry violence in rural India [PDF]
The authors examine how domestic violence may be used as a bargaining instrument, to extract larger dowries from a spouse's family. The phrase"dowry violence"refers not to the paid at the time of the wedding, but to additional payments demanded by the ...
Bloch, Francis, Rao, Vijayendra
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Do shocks affect men's and women's assets differently?: A review of literature and new evidence from Bangladesh and Uganda [PDF]
This background paper attempts to expand our understanding of the gender-differentiated impact of shocks on assets through a literature review on shocks and gendered asset dynamics and an analysis of new panel data (2007 and 2009) from Uganda and ...
Behrman, Julia A. +2 more
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Analisi S Yuridis Penuntutan Pengembalian Mahar Akibat Perceraian (Putusan Mahkamah Syar\u27iyah Aceh Nomor: 15/pdt.g/2011/ms-Aceh) [PDF]
, 2014 Divorce occurs, it will cause legal consequence on those who are related to a household. The husband or the wife who feels inconvenient will claim his/her rights such as the right to bring up the child, to divide joint property, and sometimes to claim ...
JULIA, Y. (YANTI)
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, 2016 This Article examines more closely the participation of mothers-in-law in India’s dowry murders to gain a better understanding of these dynamics and to expose the limits of existing reforms. I first turn to the participation of women in dowry death cases
Goel, Rashmi
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The Economics of Dowry: Causes and Effects of an Indian Tradition [PDF]
, 2001 I argue that dowries exist because of a combination of two reasons. First, there is an excess supply of women in the Indian marriage market that results in the use of dowry as an equilibrating mechanism.
Jaggi, Tonushree
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The Price of Gold: Dowry and Death in India [PDF]
, 2016 Dowry is often adduced as an explanation of son preference in India, but there is little evidence that dowry motivates son-preferring behaviours. On the premise that gold is an integral part of dowry, we use variation in gold prices to investigate this ...
Bhalotra, Sonia R. +2 more
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Material culture in Sixteenth Century Venice: a sample from probate inventories, 1510–1615 [PDF]
This paper presents a panel of data about material culture in early modern Venice. The data are taken from three samples of Venetian probate inventories drawn up voluntarily from Venetian widows in the years 1510–1615, at intervals of roughly fifty years.
Isabella Cecchini
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Terms of marriage and time-use patterns of young wives – Evidence from rural Bangladesh [PDF]
This paper explores the relationship between marriage arrangements and daily activities of young married women, using detailed time-use data from an adolescent study in rural Bangladesh.
Luciana Suran, Sajeda Amin
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