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Saving for Dowry: Evidence from Rural India

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dc.contributor.authorAnukriti, S.
dc.contributor.authorKwon, Sungoh
dc.contributor.authorPrakash, Nishith
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-29T13:28:07Z
dc.date.available2020-10-29T13:28:07Z
dc.date.issued2020-10
dc.description.abstractThe ancient custom of dowry, that is, bride-to-groom marriage payments, remains ubiquitous in many contemporary societies. This paper examines whether dowry impacted household decision making and resource allocation in rural India during 1986-2007. Utilizing variation in firstborn gender and dowry amounts across marriage markets, the paper finds that the prospect of higher dowry payments at the time of a daughter's marriage leads parents to save more in advance. The higher savings are primarily financed through increased paternal labor supply. This implies that people are farsighted; they work and save more today with payoff in the distant future.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/419211603736772018/Saving-for-Dowry-Evidence-from-Rural-India
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9453
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/34686
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 9453
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectDOWRY
dc.subjectMARRIAGE PAYMENT
dc.subjectSAVINGS
dc.subjectLABOR SUPPLY
dc.subjectMARRIAGE AGE
dc.subjectPOVERTY
dc.subjectFEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
dc.subjectYEARS OF SCHOOLING
dc.titleSaving for Dowryen
dc.title.subtitleEvidence from Rural Indiaen
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.typeDocument de travailfr
dc.typeDocumento de trabajoes
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okr.crossref.titleSaving for Dowry: Evidence from Rural India
okr.date.disclosure2020-10-26
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/419211603736772018/Saving-for-Dowry-Evidence-from-Rural-India
okr.guid419211603736772018
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9453
okr.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-9453
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b087f1414c_1_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum32516709
okr.identifier.reportWPS9453
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/419211603736772018/pdf/Saving-for-Dowry-Evidence-from-Rural-India.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeSouth Asia
okr.region.countryIndia
okr.statistics.combined2882
okr.statistics.dr419211603736772018
okr.statistics.drstats1762
okr.topicCulture and Development::Culture and Cultural Practice
okr.topicGender::Gender and Development
okr.topicGender::Gender and Social Policy
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Inequality
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.unitDevelopment Research Group, Development Economics
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