The Risk of Polygamy and Wives’ Saving Behavior
Marie Boltz
(1, 2)
,
Isabelle Chort
(3, 4, 5)
Marie Boltz
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Isabelle Chort
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Résumé
In a polygamous society, all monogamous women are potentially at risk of polygamy. However, both the anthropological and economic literatures are silent on the potential impact of the risk of polygamy on economic decisions of monogamous wives. We explore this issue for Senegal using individual panel data. We first estimate a Cox model for the probability of transition to polygamy. Second, we estimate the impact of the predicted risk of polygamy on monogamous wives’ savings. We find a positive impact of the risk of polygamy on female savings entrusted to formal or informal institutions suggestive of self-protective strategies. This increase in savings comes at the cost of reduced consumption, both in terms of household food expenditures and wives’ private nonfood expenses.
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The Risk of Polygamy and Wives’ Saving Behavior
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Résumé |
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In a polygamous society, all monogamous women are potentially at risk of polygamy. However, both the anthropological and economic literatures are silent on the potential impact of the risk of polygamy on economic decisions of monogamous wives. We explore this issue for Senegal using individual panel data. We first estimate a Cox model for the probability of transition to polygamy. Second, we estimate the impact of the predicted risk of polygamy on monogamous wives’ savings. We find a positive impact of the risk of polygamy on female savings entrusted to formal or informal institutions suggestive of self-protective strategies. This increase in savings comes at the cost of reduced consumption, both in terms of household food expenditures and wives’ private nonfood expenses.
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Auteur(s) |
Marie Boltz
1, 2
, Isabelle Chort
3, 4, 5
1
CES -
Centre d'économie de la Sorbonne
( 15080 )
- Maison des Sciences Économiques - 106-112 Boulevard de l'Hôpital - 75647 Paris Cedex 13
- France
2
PUJ -
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
( 51187 )
- Bogotá
- Colombie
3
CATT -
Centre d'Analyse Théorique et de Traitement des données économiques
( 43806 )
- Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour – CATT - Avenue de l'Université - 64012 - PAU
- France
4
IUF -
Institut universitaire de France
( 56663 )
- Maison des Universités 103 Boulevard Saint-Michel 75005 Paris
- France
5
IZA -
Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit - Institute of Labor Economics
( 237214 )
- Schaumburg-Lippe-Str. 5-9 D-53113 Bonn Germany
- Allemagne
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Comité de lecture |
Oui
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Audience |
Internationale
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Date de publication |
2019-02-01
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Date de publication électronique |
2016-11-08
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Volume |
33
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Numéro |
1
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Page/Identifiant |
209-230
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Langue du document |
Anglais
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Nom de la revue |
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Vulgarisation |
Non
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Mots-clés |
en
survival analysis, Polygamy, savings, intra-household resource allocation, consumption
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DOI | 10.1093/wber/lhw054 |
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