This paper develops and empirically tests a theory of the market for “child brides”—
prepubescent girls whose parents marry them to adult men. We argue that parental …

BACKGROUND Son preference is culturally rooted across generations in India. While the
social and economic implications of son preference are widely acknowledged, there is little …

Abstract “Child-bride marriage”—the marriage of prepubescent girls to adult men—has well-
known nefarious consequences for females in developing countries where such marriage is …

The purpose of this article is to explore the changing patterns of women's empowerment and
son preference at the Indian sub-national level. We have measured the state-level degree of …

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Without exception, the desire for boy child has been a common phenomenon in the South
Asian countries including India. Although the preference for sons in India has declined over …

Some common economic problems of the Indian subcontinent are its low per-capita income,
major dependence on agriculture, heavy population pressure, chronic unemployment, slow …

This dissertation consists of three chapters. The first two chapters explore the economics of
child-bride marriage. The third chapter provides an economic analysis of magna carta …