Preferences and Beliefs in the Marriage Market for Young Brides

Abigail Adams-Prassl and Alison Andrew

No 13567, CEPR Discussion Papers from Centre for Economic Policy Research

Abstract: Rajasthani women typically leave school early and marry young. We develop a novel discrete choice methodology using hypothetical vignettes to elicit average parental preferences over a daughter’s education and age of marriage, and subjective beliefs about the evolution of her marriage market prospects. We find parents have a strong preference for delaying a daughter’s marriage until eighteen but no further. Conditional on a marriage match, parents place little intrinsic value on a daughter’s education. However, they believe the probability of receiving a good marriage offer increases strongly with a daughter?s education but deteriorates quickly with her age on leaving school.

Keywords: Subjective expectations; Education; Early marriage (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I26 J12 J16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019-03
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