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On the Economics of Polygyny
dc.contributor.authorBergstrom, Theodore C.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-11-14T23:23:04Z
dc.date.available2013-11-14T23:23:04Z
dc.date.issued1994-07en_US
dc.identifier.otherMichU DeptE CenREST W94-11en_US
dc.identifier.otherZ130en_US
dc.identifier.otherJ120en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/101101
dc.description.abstractAbout 80% of all societies recorded by anthropologists are polygynous (men have many wives). Even our own society is less monogamous than claimed. This paper attempts to explain such mysteries as why bride prices and dowries are not ``opposites'', why polygamous societies are usually characterized by positive bride prices and dowry is mainly confined to monogamous societies, why polyandry (women having multiple husbands) is rare, but not extinct, and why the more you have to pay for a wife the better you will treat her.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipCenter for Research on Economic and Social Theory, Department of Economics, University of Michiganen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWorking Paperen_US
dc.subjectPolygynyen_US
dc.subjectBridepriceen_US
dc.subjectMarriage Marketsen_US
dc.subject.otherEconomic Sociologyen_US
dc.subject.otherEconomic Anthropologyen_US
dc.subject.otherMarriageen_US
dc.subject.otherMarital Dissolutionen_US
dc.subject.otherFamily Structureen_US
dc.subject.otherDomestic Abuseen_US
dc.titleOn the Economics of Polygynyen_US
dc.typeWorking Paperen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelEconomicsen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelSocial Sciencesen_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/101101/1/ECON085.pdf
dc.owningcollnameEconomics, Department of - Working Papers Series


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