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Does dowry improve life for brides? A test of the bequest theory of dowry in rural Bangladesh [PDF]
, 2004 In recent years, dowry levels in Bangladesh have risen to previously unforeseen levels—sometimes three or four times a family’s total assets. Some recent economic writings suggest that dowry functions as a bequest or pre-mortem inheritance, implying it ...
Amin, Sajeda +3 more
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Theodor Steinbüchel's Great Figures of Christian Humanism
Modern Theology, EarlyView.Abstract Theodor Steinbüchel (1888–1949) offers a study of eight figures in Western history who may be regarded as gestalts of Christian Humanism. He argued that none of these eight figures will ever return in the same way, but since there was an eternal conception of Christianity to which their ethos gave human form, each of these gestalts can be ...
Tracey Rowland
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To estimate an equation explaining the determinants of Dowry [PDF]
The focus of this study is to estimate an equation explaining the determinants of dowry. In this paper, we address a very common socio-economic problem for sub-continent, the problem of dowry.
Afza, Sarwat, Subhani, Muhammad Imtiaz
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Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article presents new archival discoveries concerning the siblings of early modern playwright John Fletcher following the sudden death of their father, Richard Fletcher, Bishop of London, in 1596. Navigating the epistemological limits of adversarial legal records from Chancery and the Star Chamber, the study reveals the tumultuous ...
Domenico Lovascio
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Domestic violence and dowry: evidence from a south Indian village [PDF]
dowry; marriage; women; violence against women; women's status; men; social status; social implications; gender equality; India;
Srinivasan, S., Bedi, A.S.
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DOWRY FUNCTION IN PERSPECTIVE OF MUBADALAH
, 2022 Dowry is a gift from a husband to his wife which is done at the time of the marriage contract. Dowry is something that is not included in the conditions and pillars of marriage, but it must exist.
Ferliandi, Agus Salim +3 more
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A Tale of Two Choices: Son Preference and Reproductive Outcomes in Uzbekistan
Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In this study, we use data from the recent round of the Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) conducted between 2021 and 2022 to estimate the effect of son preference on reproductive behavior in Uzbekistan. We find strong evidence for differential stopping and spacing behavior among Uzbek women.
Khilola Dushamova +3 more
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Dowry and Intrahousehold Bargaining: Evidence from China [PDF]
This paper analyzes the relationship between a woman’s intrahousehold bargaining position and her welfare within marriage. Simultaneity problems common to the literature are overcome by using dowry to proxy for bargaining position.
Philip H. Brown
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Elem and Zimmadari: Masculine moral life in Rohingya refugee camps
The Australian Journal of Anthropology, EarlyView.Abstract This article traces how masculine authority is assembled and evaluated in the everyday life of Rohingya refugee camps in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Drawing on 18 months of ethnographic fieldwork, it follows two young men, a volunteer mediator and a community school founder, to show how authority emerges not through formal roles or institutional ...
Mohammad Ibrahim Khalad
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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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