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Dowry and Property Rights

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Siwan Anderson

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Modernisation necessarily leads to the emergence of dowry as a direct transfer to the groom ("groom-price"). The historical instances of dowry can be classified according to the schema implied by the model. The implications of the model are also tested using current data from Pakistan; a country of some relevance because dowry legislation is currently an active policy debate [BREAD WP 080].

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Paper provided by esocialsciences.com in its series Working Papers with number id:1104.

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Keywords: dowry; gender; property rights; marriage; Pakistan; legislation; policy; modernisation; model; groom price; marriage;

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  5. William Darity, Jr. & Ashwini Deshpande, 2000. "Tracing the Divide: Intergroup Disparity across Countries," Eastern Economic Journal, Eastern Economic Association, vol. 26(1), pages 75-85, Winter. [Downloadable!]
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