Economics, Judaism, and Marriage (in Hebrew)

Shoshana Grossbard

MPRA Paper from University Library of Munich, Germany

Abstract: This paper points to parallels between the economic approach to marriage and Jewish Law. The economic approach is applied to the sex ratio question, the price of Torah scholars, the need for marriage brokers, marriage contracts and polygamy, all topics also addressed by Jewish law.

Keywords: marriage; Judaism; religion; sex ratio; polygamy; contract; law (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J12 K0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1986
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