Dowry and Intrahousehold Bargaining: Evidence from China

Autor/in	Brown, Philip H.
Titel	Dowry and Intrahousehold Bargaining: Evidence from China
Quelle	In: Journal of Human Resources, 44 (2009) 1, S.25-46 (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-166X
Schlagwörter	Marriage; Foreign Countries; Homemakers; Family Life; Community Surveys; Social Indicators; Quality of Life; Womens Studies; Marital Satisfaction; Predictor Variables; Social Exchange Theory; Rural Sociology; Inferences; Assertiveness; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ehe; Ausland; Hausfrau; Social indicator; Sozialer Indikator; Lebensqualität; Prädiktor; Theorie des sozialen Wandels; Agrarsoziologie; Inference; Inferenz
Abstract	This paper analyzes the relationship between a woman's intrahousehold bargaining position and her welfare within marriage using household data from rural China. Simultaneity problems are overcome by using dowry to proxy for bargaining position. Omitted variable bias is addressed by using grain shocks in the year preceding marriage as an instrument for dowry. Instrumented dowry positively impacts numerous measures of a wife's welfare, including household purchases, the time allocation of household members, and the woman's satisfaction with life, offering strong evidence in support of collective models of the household. (Contains 5 tables and 27 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10