Consumption Smoothing and Marriage

Manuela Angelucci, Imran Rasul, Giacomo De Giorgi and Marcos A. Rangel
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Marcos A. Rangel: Department of Economics, University of Sao Paulo - Brazil

No 159, 2010 Meeting Papers from Society for Economic Dynamics

Abstract: There is a large role for moves by women at the time of marriage in explaining migration in developing countries, in particular in rural areas. We explore the relations between this mobility and risk diversification and consumption smoothing strategies among poor Mexican families.

Date: 2010
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