Assortative Matching in Africa: Evidence from Rural Mozambique, Cote d'Ivoire, and Malawi

Claire Elise Boxho, Aletheia Donald, Markus Goldstein, Joao Montalvao and Léa Rouanet

No 8943, Policy Research Working Paper Series from The World Bank

Abstract: This paper documents novel evidence of positive assortative matching in African marriage markets along cognitive and socio-emotional skills, time and risk preferences, and education, using data from rural Mozambique, Cote d'Ivoire, and Malawi.

Keywords: Educational Sciences; Gender and Development; Climate Change and Agriculture; Crops and Crop Management Systems; Telecommunications Infrastructure (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019-07-22
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Journal Article: Assortative matching in Africa: Evidence from rural Mozambique, Côte d’Ivoire, and Malawi (2020)
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