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Watta Satta : Bride Exchange and Women's Welfare in Rural Pakistan / Jacoby, Hanan G.
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
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- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Jacoby, Hanan G.
- Series:
- Policy research working papers.
- World Bank e-Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Anthropology.
- Child.
- Culture & Development.
- Divorce.
- Domestic Abuse.
- Domestic Violence.
- Families.
- Family.
- Female.
- Gender.
- Gender and Law.
- Health, Nutrition and Population.
- Home.
- Husband.
- Husbands.
- Law.
- Law and Development.
- Laws.
- Marriage.
- Marriages.
- Population and Development.
- Population Policies.
- Residence.
- Social Development.
- Social Inclusion and Institutions.
- Wife.
- Will.
- Wives.
- Woman.
- Women.
- Local Subjects:
- Anthropology.
- Child.
- Culture & Development.
- Divorce.
- Domestic Abuse.
- Domestic Violence.
- Families.
- Family.
- Female.
- Gender.
- Gender and Law.
- Health, Nutrition and Population.
- Home.
- Husband.
- Husbands.
- Law.
- Law and Development.
- Laws.
- Marriage.
- Marriages.
- Population and Development.
- Population Policies.
- Residence.
- Social Development.
- Social Inclusion and Institutions.
- Wife.
- Will.
- Wives.
- Woman.
- Women.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (24 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C., The World Bank, 2007
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- In a setting where husbands wield considerable coercive power, forms of marriage should adapt to protect the interests of women and their families. The authors study the pervasive marriage custom of watta satta in rural Pakistan, a bride exchange between families coupled with a mutual threat of retaliation. They show that watta satta may be a mechanism to coordinate the actions of two sets of in-laws, each of whom wish to restrain their sons-in-law but who only have the ability to restrain their sons. The authors' empirical results support this view. The likelihood of marital inefficiency, as measured by estrangement, domestic abuse, and wife's mental health, is significantly lower in watta satta arrangements as compared with conventional marriages, but only after properly accounting for selection.
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