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香港中文大学研究人员 ( 现职)
| 梁天卓教授 (经济学系) |
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| 数位物件识别号 (DOI) http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/676531 |
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摘要A study is conducted to focus on the link between the slave trades and levels of polygyny in Africa. The study combines the slave trades data from Nunn and Nunn and Wantchekon with polygyny data from a variety of sources, including Murdock, the female Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), and Tertilt to test the relationship between the slave trades and polygyny. It also documents the current stylized fact regarding the prevalence of polygyny in western and eastern Africa. The study finds that the percentage of women in polygynous marriages in western African countries, such as Guinea, Togo, and Benin is 44%, 21%, and 25%, while in eastern African countries, such as Ethiopia, Kenya, and Malawi the percentage is 4%, 3%, and 3%. Ethnic groups more heavily exposed to the transatlantic slave trades are more likely to be polygynous in the early twentieth century.
着者Dalton J.T., Leung T.C.
期刊名称Economic Development and Cultural Change
出版年份2014
月份1
日期1
卷号62
期次4
出版社University of Chicago Press
出版地United States
页次599 - 632
国际标準期刊号0013-00http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/79
语言英式英语
