女性农业生产率与婚姻转移支付

Female Productivity in Agriculture and Marital Transfer

Becker(1981)提出,男性和女性劳动力的相对生产效率影响婚姻转移支付。本文对此提供了系统性证据。我们发现,在种族层面,当女性参与农业劳动的程度较高时,彩礼的流行程度更可能高于嫁妆。基于印度家庭调查数据的分析表明,女性在农业部门的就业比例对支付嫁妆的概率、金额有显著负向影响。塞内加尔家庭调查数据显示,女性在农业部门的就业比例对彩礼金额有显著正向影响。为缓解内生性问题,本文使用自然地理特征构造工具变量。

Becker(1981)argues that the relative productivity of male and female labor affects marital transfer.Our Study provides systematic evidence for this prediction.We find that ethnicities with more female participation in agriculture are more likely to pay bride price and less likely to pay dowry.Based on Indian household data,we show that more female employment in agriculture leads to lower frequency and magnitude of net dowry.Using household data in Senegal,we demonstrate that local female employment in agriculture positively affects the magnitude of bride price.To address endogeneity concerns,we use exogenous geo-climatic characteristics as instrumental variables.