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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;
Bedi, A.S., Srinivasan, S.
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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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From contract to treaty: the legal transformation of the Spanish succession (1659-1713) [PDF]
, 2011 The problem of the Spanish Succession kept the European diplomatic system in suspense from 1659 until 1713. Statesmen and diplomats tackled the question. Their practical vision of the law is a necessary complement to legal doctrine. Louis XIV and Emperor
Dhondt, Frederik
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Andrology, Volume 14, Issue 3, Page 641-650, March 2026.Abstract Couple infertility is a very ancient medical condition. One of the first descriptions of familial infertility/subfertility is contained in the first book of the Bible, Genesis, written in the 10th century BC and reporting tales from the oral tradition even occurred about 800 years earlier.
Manuela Simoni +2 more
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Efik traditional marriage rites- A gender perspective [PDF]
, 2016 This paper investigated Efik marriage rites from a gender perspective. Marriage in Africa is a union between a man and a woman (monogamy) or mainly between a man and women (polygyny), or between a woman and men (polyandry), though this is very rare.
Ubong Ekpenyong, E. Y. O.
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Antipode, Volume 58, Issue 2, March 2026.Abstract In the context of global market integration, capital accumulation relies on social reproduction; yet unlimited accumulation disrupts the reproductive processes that sustain it. Vietnam is pursuing economic growth in the same fashion, relying on cheap migrant labour in urban areas that are stabilising rural areas through remittances and care ...
Thuy Ho
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Empowering Women: Inheritance Rights and Female Education in India [PDF]
This paper examines the impact of property inheritance rights on education of women. Using plausibly exogenous variation created by amendments to female inheritance laws in India, I nd that exposure to improved inheritance rights increased mean female ...
Roy, Sanchari
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A Right to Choose?: Sex Selection in the International Context [PDF]
, 2007 While there is some debate among doctors, ethicists, and the general public about the level of medical necessity that should justify a sex-selection procedure, most accept that sex selection for medical reasons is beyond ethical reproach, and in some ...
Bumgarner, Ashley
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Fisheries Oceanography, Volume 35, Issue 2, Page 297-305, March 2026.ABSTRACT Growth and survival rates during the early life stages are key vital parameters driving population dynamics of fish. Growth rates generally present a pattern of autocorrelation. Growth autocorrelation is stronger when faster and slower growing individuals continue to grow faster and slower.
José María Quintanilla +6 more
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The Economics of Dowry Payments in Pakistan [PDF]
Although there are numerous studies of the dowry phenomenon in India, research pertaining to the custom in the rest of South Asia is sparse.The aim of this paper is to study dowry payments in Pakistan.Several interpretations for dowry are distinguished ...
Anderson, K.S.
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