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

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

Can 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 wishin...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jacoby, Hanan G., Mansuri, Ghazala
Format: Journal Article
Language:EN
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Marriage
Marital Dissolution
Family Structure
Domestic Abuse J120
Economics of Gender
Non-labor Discrimination J160
Economic Development: Human Resources
Human Development
Income Distribution
Migration O150
Economic Development: Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses
Transportation O180
Economic Sociology
Economic Anthropology
Social and Economic Stratification Z130
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5877

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