|
Deep Blue at the University of Michigan >
All Collections >
Social Sciences: Economics, Department of (UM-Dearborn) >
|
Please use this persistent URL to cite or link to this item:
|
| Title: | Has the Wedding Between Economics and Anthropology Been Cancelled? Economic Theory and Polygamy |
| Authors: | Hull, Brooks B. |
| Keywords: | marriage
polygamy |
| Issue Date: | Jan-1989 |
| Series/Report no.: | UM-Dearborn Economics Working Papers
57 |
| Abstract: | This paper uses data from the Standard Cross-Cultural Sample of the Human Relations Area Files to test implications of family economic theory related to multiple marriage. As the theory predicts, actions which interfere with the marriage market make most participants worse off. In particular, in those cultures which forbid polygyny, the value of a wife falls. Polygyny disappears in more complex economies, economies in which the value of the quantity of children is relatively less important than the quality of children. |
| Appears in Collections: | Social Sciences: Economics, Department of (UM-Dearborn)
|
Files in This Item:
| File |
Description |
Size | Format | |
|---|
| Hull_B_1989_Working_Paper_57_Economic_Theory_and_Polygamy.pdf | Working Paper | 1259Kb | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
|
Deep Blue encourages the fair use of copyrighted material, and you are free to link to content here without asking for permission. Consult the document(s) and/or contact the copyright holder for additional rights questions and requests.
|
