Marriage, bequest, and assortative matching in rural Ethiopia
| cg.coverage.country | Ethiopia | |
| cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2 | ET | |
| cg.coverage.region | Eastern Africa | |
| cg.coverage.region | Sub-Saharan Africa | |
| cg.coverage.region | Africa | |
| cg.creator.identifier | Agnes Quisumbing: 0000-0002-5429-1857 | |
| cg.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1086/425373 | en |
| cg.identifier.project | IFPRI - Archive | |
| cg.isijournal | ISI Journal | en |
| cg.issn | 0013-0079 | en |
| cg.issn | 1539-2988 | en |
| cg.issue | 2 | en |
| cg.journal | Economic Development and Cultural Change | en |
| cg.reviewStatus | Peer Review | en |
| cg.volume | 53 | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Fafchamps, Marcel | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Quisumbing, Agnes R. | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-01-29T12:59:45Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2025-01-29T12:59:45Z | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/172307 | |
| dc.title | Marriage, bequest, and assortative matching in rural Ethiopia | en |
| dcterms.abstract | This article examines the determinants of human and physical capital at marriage. Using detailed data from rural Ethiopia, we find that assets brought to marriage are distributed in a highly unequal manner. For first unions, assets brought to marriage are positively associated with parents' wealth, indicating that a bequest motive affects assets at marriage. Parental wealth affects the inheritance of neither groom nor bride. Sibling competition from brothers affects grooms' inheritance, but sisters have no effect. The marriage market is a major conduit for rural and gender inequality, although avenues do exist for couples to accumulate wealth over their life cycle. | en |
| dcterms.accessRights | Limited Access | |
| dcterms.bibliographicCitation | Fafchamps, Marcel; Quisumbing, Agnes R. 2005. Marriage, bequest, and assortative matching in rural Ethiopia. Economic Development and Cultural Change 53(2): 347-380. https://doi.org/10.1086/425373 | en |
| dcterms.extent | pp. 347-380 | en |
| dcterms.issued | 2005-01 | |
| dcterms.language | en | |
| dcterms.publisher | University of Chicago Press | en |
| dcterms.replaces | https://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll5/id/1511 | en |
| dcterms.subject | rural areas | en |
| dcterms.subject | human capital | en |
| dcterms.subject | gender | en |
| dcterms.subject | women | en |
| dcterms.subject | inheritance | en |
| dcterms.type | Journal Article |