Assortative Matching in Africa : Evidence from Rural Mozambique, Cote d'Ivoire, and Malawi

Assortative Matching in Africa : Evidence from Rural Mozambique, Cote d'Ivoire, and Malawi

This paper documents novel evidence of positive assortative matching in African marriage markets along cognitive and socio-emotional skills, time and risk preferences, and education, using data from rural Mozambique, Cote d'Ivoire, and Malawi.

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Main Authors: Boxho, Claire, Donald, Aletheia, Goldstein, Markus, Montalvao, Joao, Rouanet, Lea
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:
MARRIAGE MARKET
COGNITIVE SKILLS
SOCIOECONOMIC SKILLS
AFRICA GENDER POLICY
GENDER INNOVATION LAB
WOMEN AND SOCIAL NORMS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/347361563804237445/Assortative-Matching-in-Africa-Evidence-from-Rural-Mozambique-Cote-dIvoire-and-Malawi
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spelling okr-10986-321272022-07-01T12:17:03Z Assortative Matching in Africa : Evidence from Rural Mozambique, Cote d'Ivoire, and Malawi Boxho, Claire Donald, Aletheia Goldstein, Markus Montalvao, Joao Rouanet, Lea MARRIAGE MARKET COGNITIVE SKILLS SOCIOECONOMIC SKILLS AFRICA GENDER POLICY GENDER INNOVATION LAB WOMEN AND SOCIAL NORMS This paper documents novel evidence of positive assortative matching in African marriage markets along cognitive and socio-emotional skills, time and risk preferences, and education, using data from rural Mozambique, Cote d'Ivoire, and Malawi. 2019-07-29T17:41:05Z 2019-07-29T17:41:05Z 2019-07 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/347361563804237445/Assortative-Matching-in-Africa-Evidence-from-Rural-Mozambique-Cote-dIvoire-and-Malawi http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32127 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8943 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa Cote d'Ivoire Malawi Mozambique
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topic MARRIAGE MARKET
COGNITIVE SKILLS
SOCIOECONOMIC SKILLS
AFRICA GENDER POLICY
GENDER INNOVATION LAB
WOMEN AND SOCIAL NORMS
spellingShingle MARRIAGE MARKET
COGNITIVE SKILLS
SOCIOECONOMIC SKILLS
AFRICA GENDER POLICY
GENDER INNOVATION LAB
WOMEN AND SOCIAL NORMS
Boxho, Claire
Donald, Aletheia
Goldstein, Markus
Montalvao, Joao
Rouanet, Lea
Assortative Matching in Africa : Evidence from Rural Mozambique, Cote d'Ivoire, and Malawi
geographic_facet Africa
Cote d'Ivoire
Malawi
Mozambique
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8943
description This paper documents novel evidence of positive assortative matching in African marriage markets along cognitive and socio-emotional skills, time and risk preferences, and education, using data from rural Mozambique, Cote d'Ivoire, and Malawi.
format Working Paper
author Boxho, Claire
Donald, Aletheia
Goldstein, Markus
Montalvao, Joao
Rouanet, Lea
author_facet Boxho, Claire
Donald, Aletheia
Goldstein, Markus
Montalvao, Joao
Rouanet, Lea
author_sort Boxho, Claire
title Assortative Matching in Africa : Evidence from Rural Mozambique, Cote d'Ivoire, and Malawi
title_short Assortative Matching in Africa : Evidence from Rural Mozambique, Cote d'Ivoire, and Malawi
title_full Assortative Matching in Africa : Evidence from Rural Mozambique, Cote d'Ivoire, and Malawi
title_fullStr Assortative Matching in Africa : Evidence from Rural Mozambique, Cote d'Ivoire, and Malawi
title_full_unstemmed Assortative Matching in Africa : Evidence from Rural Mozambique, Cote d'Ivoire, and Malawi
title_sort assortative matching in africa : evidence from rural mozambique, cote d'ivoire, and malawi
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2019
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/347361563804237445/Assortative-Matching-in-Africa-Evidence-from-Rural-Mozambique-Cote-dIvoire-and-Malawi
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32127
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