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Watta Satta: Bride Exchange and Women's Welfare in Rural Pakistan

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dc.contributor.authorJacoby, Hanan G.
dc.contributor.authorMansuri, Ghazala
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-30T07:34:59Z
dc.date.available2012-03-30T07:34:59Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractCan marriage institutions limit marital inefficiency? We study the pervasive custom of watta satta in rural Pakistan, a bride exchange between families coupled with a mutual threat of retaliation. Watta satta can be seen as a mechanism for coordinating the actions of two sets of parents, each wishing to restrain their son-in-law. We find that marital discord, as measured by estrangement, domestic abuse, and wife's mental health, is indeed significantly lower in watta satta versus "conventional" marriage, but only after accounting for selection bias. These benefits cannot be explained by endogamy, a marriage pattern associated with watta satta.en
dc.identifier.citationAmerican Economic Review
dc.identifier.issn00028282
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/5877
dc.language.isoEN
dc.relation.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.subjectMarriage
dc.subjectMarital Dissolution
dc.subjectFamily Structure
dc.subjectDomestic Abuse J120
dc.subjectEconomics of Gender
dc.subjectNon-labor Discrimination J160
dc.subjectEconomic Development: Human Resources
dc.subjectHuman Development
dc.subjectIncome Distribution
dc.subjectMigration O150
dc.subjectEconomic Development: Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses
dc.subjectTransportation O180
dc.subjectEconomic Sociology
dc.subjectEconomic Anthropology
dc.subjectSocial and Economic Stratification Z130
dc.titleWatta Satta: Bride Exchange and Women's Welfare in Rural Pakistanen
dc.title.alternativeAmerican Economic Reviewen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
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okr.journal.nbpages1804-1825
okr.language.supporteden
okr.peerreviewAcademic Peer Review
okr.region.countryPakistan
okr.relation.associatedurlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1257/aer.100.4.1804
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okr.volume100
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