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香港中文大学研究人员 ( 现职)
| 张俊森教授 (经济学系) |
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| 数位物件识别号 (DOI) http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/250079 |
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摘要Becker attributes the existence of marital transfers to inflexibility in the division of joint product within the marriage. If that were the only reason, we would not have observed the coexistence of dowries and bride-prices. This paper offers an alternative analysis. While Becker's interpretation is retained for bride-prices, a dowry is no iv represented as a premortem bequest by altruistic parents for a daughter. It not only increases the wealth of the new cor: household but also enhances the bargaining power of the bride in the allocation of output within that household, thereby safeguarding her welfare, Using micro data from Taiwan, we found that a dowry improves the bride's welfare whereas a bride-price has no effect. These empirical results support the theoretical predictions of the model.
着者Zhang JS, Chan W
期刊名称Journal of Political Economy
出版年份1999
月份8
日期1
卷号107
期次4
出版社UNIV CHICAGO PRESS
页次786 - 808
国际标準期刊号0022-3808
语言英式英语
Web of Science 学科类别Business & Economics; Economics; ECONOMICS
