THE ECONOMICS OF EXOGAMOUS MARRIAGE IN SMALL-SCALE SOCIETIES

被引:6
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作者
Dow, Gregory K. [1 ]
Reed, Clyde G. [1 ]
Woodcock, Simon [1 ]
机构
[1] Simon Fraser Univ, Dept Econ, Burnaby, BC, Canada
关键词
MARITAL STRATEGIES; ORIGINS; CLIMATE; AGRICULTURE; TRANSITION; DESCENT; COUSINS; WEALTH; FAMILY; POWER;
D O I
10.1111/ecin.12321
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
Marriage is a core institution in almost every human society, including small-scale societies based on foraging or subsistence agriculture. A crucial dimension of the marriage systems in such societies involves endogamy and exogamy, that is, the choice of a marriage partner from within one's own community or from an outside community. We develop a model in which the exogamy rate is higher when good local matches are scarce due to small community sizes, and when productivity differs across communities due to environmental shocks. These theoretical predictions are supported by econometric analysis of data from the standard cross-cultural sample.
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页码:1805 / 1823
页数:19
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