Lifestyles of the rich and polygynous in Cote d’Ivoire

Eric Gould, Omer Moav () and Avi Simhon

Economics Letters, 2012, vol. 115, issue 3, 404-407

Abstract: This paper investigates whether the sources of income, not just the levels, determine whether an individual is monogamous. Our results support the idea that polygyny stunts development by allowing wealthy men to acquire wives rather than investing in child quality.

Keywords: Marriage; Monogamy; Polygyny; Human capital; Inequality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J12 J24 O10 O40 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2011.12.064

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