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The risk of polygamy and wives’ saving behavior

Boltz, Marie; Chort, Isabelle (2017), The risk of polygamy and wives’ saving behavior, NOPOOR Policy Brief, 37, p. 5. https://basepub.dauphine.fr/handle/123456789/18194

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Rapport
Date
2017
Series title
NOPOOR Policy Brief
Series number
37
Pages
5
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Author(s)
Boltz, Marie cc
Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques [PSE]
Chort, Isabelle cc
Abstract (EN)
In a polygamous society, all monogamous women are potentially at risk of polygamy as their husband may decide to take a second wife. This study focuses on how the risk of transition from a monogamous to a polygamous union affects the decisions of women in terms of savings.
Subjects / Keywords
Women; survival analysis; savings; informal insurance strategy; Polygamy; labour supply; intrahousehold resource allocation
JEL
J12 - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure; Domestic Abuse
D13 - Household Production and Intrahousehold Allocation
D14 - Household Saving; Personal Finance
J22 - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
O12 - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development