Abstract
Persistent brideprice inflation has been linked to greater political violence. However, empirically testing this argument is complicated by the paucity of data on brideprice. We argue that despite the lack of over-time brideprice data, one can proxy for variation in marriage markets using changes to population, economic growth, and marriage rates themselves, thereby offering a clearer test of the brideprice–violence relationship. Our analysis suggests that there is little empirical support for such a relationship, and concludes that the previous support was largely due to data limitations and omitted confounds.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 129-146 |
Number of pages | 18 |
Journal | Conflict Management and Peace Science |
Volume | 38 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 2021 |
Keywords
- Brideprice
- gender
- political violence
- terrorism
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Economics and Econometrics
- Political Science and International Relations
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In plain sight? Reconsidering the linkage between brideprice and violent conflict 1
Cook, S. J. (Creator) & Thies, C. G. (Creator), SAGE Journals, 2019
DOI: 10.25384/sage.c.4655198, https://sage.figshare.com/collections/In_plain_sight_Reconsidering_the_linkage_between_brideprice_and_violent_conflict/4655198
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CT_ReplicationMaterials – Supplemental material for In plain sight? Reconsidering the linkage between brideprice and violent conflict1
Cook, S. J. (Creator) & Thies, C. G. (Creator), SAGE Journals, 2019
DOI: 10.25384/sage.9773774.v1, https://sage.figshare.com/articles/CT_ReplicationMaterials_Supplemental_material_for_In_plain_sight_Reconsidering_the_linkage_between_brideprice_and_violent_conflict1/9773774/1
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In plain sight? Reconsidering the linkage between brideprice and violent conflict 1
Cook, S. J. (Creator) & Thies, C. G. (Creator), SAGE Journals, 2019
DOI: 10.25384/sage.c.4655198, https://sage.figshare.com/collections/In_plain_sight_Reconsidering_the_linkage_between_brideprice_and_violent_conflict/4655198
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