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On the timing of marriage, cattle and weather shocks

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  • Hoogeveen, H.
  • van der Klaauw, B.
  • van Lomwel, A.G.C.

    (Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management)

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This discussion paper resulted in an article in 'Economic Development and Cultural Change' , 2011, 60, 121-154. In this paper we focus on the timing of marriages of women, whose marriages are associated with bride wealth payments, which are transfers from (the family of) the groom to the bride's family. Unmarried daughters could therefore be considered assets who, at times of need, can be cashed in. We investigate both theoretically and empirically to what extent the timing of a marriage of a daughter is affected by the economic conditions of the household from which she originates. We distinguish household specific wealth levels and two types of shocks: correlated (weather) shocks and idiosyncratic (wealth) shocks. We estimate a duration model using a unique panel survey of Zimbabwean smallholder farmers. The estimation results support the hypothesis that the timing of marriage is affected by household characteristics; girls from households that experienced a negative idiosyncratic (wealth) shock are more likely to marry.
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  • Hoogeveen, H. & van der Klaauw, B. & van Lomwel, A.G.C., 1970. "On the timing of marriage, cattle and weather shocks," Other publications TiSEM b204a595-6426-4108-a166-2, Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management.
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    JEL classification:

    • Q12 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets
    • C4 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics
    • J12 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure
    • D13 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Household Production and Intrahouse Allocation
    • D91 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making

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