How does Rural Prosperity affect Marriages in Bangladesh?

22/08/2023 5 min
How does Rural Prosperity affect Marriages in Bangladesh?

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Episode Synopsis

Poverty entrenches cousin marriage and patriarchal controls.

What happens when crop yields improve and families become wealthier?

Mobabark, Kuhn & Peters's paper is here: https://spinup-000d1a-wp-offload-media.s3.amazonaws.com/faculty/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2019/06/marriage-market2.pdf