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Does rising inequality delay marriage? Evidence from India

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posted on 2023-06-09, 03:59 authored by Amalavoyal ChariAmalavoyal Chari, Annemie MaertensAnnemie Maertens, Sinduja Srinivasan
Top incomes in India have been rising sharply since the 1980s. In this chapter, we show that this phenomenon may have resulted in delays to female marriage. Our analysis takes advantage of cross-sectional variation in earnings distribution across narrowly defined marriage markets. We find that female marriage rates decline in response to increases in top male incomes. We also find marked effects on women’s educational attainment (in terms of years of schooling, as well as high school and college completion rates). We examine a number of hypotheses, and conclude that the pattern of results suggests a mechanism in which increases in top male incomes prolong the duration of marital search on the part of women.

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Oxford University Press

Pages

400.0

Book title

Markets, Governance, and Institutions: in the Process of Economic Development

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9780198812555

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  • Economics Publications

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Editors

Ajit Mishra, Tridip Ray

Legacy Posted Date

2016-11-14

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2020-05-05

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2020-05-05

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