Conspicuous Daughters: Exogamy, Marriage Expenditures, and Son Preference in India.
The literature on son preference postulates a strong link between marriage expenditures, dowry practices, and son preference, leading to the elimination of female foetuses and important discriminatory practices against girls. This statement, however, has not, as far as I know, been tested empiricall...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Development Studies Vol. 56; no. 3; pp. 630 - 648 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Mar2020
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