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Mediator learning and dowry determination in an arranged marriage setting [PDF]

Recently, Batabyal (2005) has analyzed a game model of dowry determination in which a mediator plays a key role. Batabyal's analysis shows that the equilibrium dowry offers from the bride and the groom optimally trade off the desire to make an assertive ...
Hamid Beladi, Jeremy Bertomeu
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The Impact of Serum Oestradiol and Progesterone Levels on Intraocular Pressure and Systemic Health: Hormonal and Physiological Interactions in Female Dogs

Veterinary Medicine and Science, Volume 12, Issue 2, March 2026.
• Serum oestradiol and progesterone levels were evaluated in relation to intraocular pressure in female dogs. • Systemic physiological parameters, particularly body weight and systolic blood pressure, showed positive associations with intraocular pressure. • Progesterone levels were negatively correlated with blood pressure.
Candemir Özcan, Tarik Safak, Ali Risvanli   +2 more
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A game model of dowry determination in an arranged marriage context [PDF]

In many arranged marriage contexts, a mediator assists the bride and the groom's families in determining the actual amount of the dowry. Although social scientists in general and economists in particular have studied many aspects of dowries, to the best ...
Amitrajeet Batabyal
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Was Einhard a widower?

Gender &History, Volume 38, Issue 1, Page 21-37, March 2026.
Abstract The ‘widow’ is a gendered, socially contingent category. Women who experienced spousal bereavement in the early middle ages faced various socio‐economic and legal ramifications; the ‘widow’ was further a rhetorical figure with a defined emotional register. The widower is, by contrast, an anachronistic category.
Ingrid Rembold
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Why the Marriage Squeeze Cannot Cause Dowry Inflation [PDF]

It has been argued that rising dowry payments are caused by population growth.According to that explanation, termed the `marriage squeeze', a population increase leads to an excess supply of brides since men marry younger women.As a result, dowry ...
Anderson, K.S.
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Mujeres Públicas and women in public: Scrutinising the history of prostitution in eighteenth‐ and nineteenth‐century Mexico

Gender &History, Volume 38, Issue 1, Page 86-101, March 2026.
Abstract Past studies of prostitution have mislabelled Mexican women as prostitutes when it is not clear that they had engaged in transactional sex. Here, we examine the history of prostitution between 1750 and 1865, detailing both legal frameworks and judicial evidence to address the reasons for the inflation of prostitution's presence in Mexico ...
Nora E. Jaffary, Luis Londoño
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MAHAR PERKAWINAN DENGAN HAFALAN AL-QUR’AN: ANALISIS HERMENEUTIKA HADIS KHALED M. ABOU EL-FADL

Indonesian Journal of Islamic Literature and Muslim Society, 2019
The purpose of this study is to analyse the hadith about dowry in marriage. In this hadith, it is mentioned that one form of dowry is memorisation of the verses of the Qur'an, but that is said most recently after there is no more iron ring.
Anis Tilawati
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Scandalisation, gender and space in ancient Rome: The case of Cicero and Clodia

Gender &History, Volume 38, Issue 1, Page 5-20, March 2026.
Abstract This article analyses the public attack on Clodia Metelli, a Roman aristocratic woman, by the orator Marcus Tullius Cicero in a trial in 56 BCE. Drawing on modern scandal theory, this article analyses how Cicero uses scandal dynamics to turn Clodia, the witness in the case, into the culprit.
Muriel Moser
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Applying Anthropology to Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

American Anthropologist, Volume 128, Issue 1, Page 195-205, March 2026.
ABSTRACT In this article, we review how anthropologies from various subdisciplines, from social to evolutionary anthropology, are contributing to our understanding of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C). We focus on four key questions: What are the origins of FGM/C? What functions and meanings are linked to FGM/C?
Hannelore Van Bavel, Mhairi A. Gibson
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‘Arranged’ Marriage, Co-Residence and Female Schooling: A Model with Evidence from India [PDF]

We model the consequences of parental control over choice of wives for sons, for parental incentives to educate daughters, when the marriage market exhibits competitive dowry payments and altruistic but paternalistic parents benefit from having married ...
Dasgupta, Indraneel, Maitra, Pushkar, Mukherjee, Diganta   +2 more
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