Staff View: On the Timing of Marriage, Cattle, and Weather Shocks in Rural Zimbabwe

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On the Timing of Marriage, Cattle, and Weather Shocks in Rural Zimbabwe

The authors focus on the timing of marriages of women in rural Zimbabwe. Zimbabwean marriages are associated with bride welath payments, which are transfers from (the family of) the groom to the bride's family. Unmarried daughters could theref...

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Main Authors:	Hoogeveen, Johannes, Van der Klaauw, Bas, Van Lomwel, Gijsbert
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	AGING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION ANIMALS BIRTH RATE CATTLE CATTLE OWNERSHIP CATTLE SALES COWS DEPENDENCE DIVORCE DOWRY DRAFT POWER ECONOMICS FAMILIES FARM FARMERS GENDER GIRLS GOATS GRAZING HERD LOSSES HERD SIZE HOUSEHOLDS INCOMES LAND REFORM LIVESTOCK MANURE MARITAL STATUS MARRIAGES MARRIED WOMEN MEAT MILK MINIMUM AGE PESTS POWER RURAL AREAS SOILS UNEMPLOYMENT VILLAGES COPING STRATEGIES DURATION MARRIAGE ECONOMIC ASPECTS SMALL HOLDERS HOUSEHOLD INCOME LIVESTOCK NUMBERS CATTLE INDUSTRY AND TRADE WEATHER
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/08/2487580/timing-marriage-cattle-weather-shocks-rural-zimbabwe http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18120