This paper studies how access to public pensions affects old-age support and child
investment in traditional societies. Guided by predictions from an overlap** generations …

This paper demonstrates the prevalence, pervasiveness, persistence, and resilience of a
system of non-Big God religious beliefs, in absence of religious organizations and …

This paper develops a new methodology to analyze how parents in Rajasthan, India make
choices about their daughters' schooling and marriage. We specify a dynamic discrete …

The Indian marriage market is characterized by extensive female migration, sizable dowries,
and the widespread practice of arranged marriage. We develop and estimate a dynamic …

Bride price customs are widespread in many develo** countries. While the economic
literature has widely investigated the implications of such transfers on women's welfare, little …

This paper investigates the determinants of intergenerational patrilocal coresidence in
Taiwan. We hypothesize that the function of coresidence can be either upstream transfer …

This paper examines households' stock market participation responses to a critical life‐cycle
event, adult children's marriage. An event‐study difference‐in‐differences approach is …

We study how marriage market considerations influence parental investments in daughters'
education in Pakistan. Using a hypothetical choice methodology, we estimate parents' …

This paper studies how access to public pensions affects old-age support and child
investment in traditional societies. Guided by predictions from an overlap** generations …

Environmental Woes and Their Economic Echoes A Dissertation submitted to the Faculty of the
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Page 1 Environmental Woes and Their Economic …