Polygamy, the Commodification of Women, and Underdevelopment
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Family systems shape social institutions, yet they are rarely considered in histories of economic development. In this article, we show that a suite of social conventions-such as age gaps at marriage, bride price, sequestration, and discrimi...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP),
2022-08-10T17:39:01Z.
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