In this paper, we argue that the fluctuations in the value of mehr and dowry observed since 1960s in Muslim marriages in Bangladesh can be explained by the natural economic and political shocks: the Green Revolution (GR) in the 1960s, the Independence War (IW) in 1971 and the famine in 1974. The positive income effect of the GR increased the values of both dowry and mehr. However, rise in agric...

We examine the effect of rainfall shocks on dowry deaths using data from 583 Indian districts for 2002-2007. We find that a one standard deviation decline in annual rainfall from the local mean increases reported dowry deaths by 7.8 percent. Wet shocks have no apparent effect. We examine patterns of other crimes to investigate whether an increase in general unrest during economic downturns expl...

It has been argued that rising dowry payments are caused by population growth. According to that explanation, termed the `marriage squeeze', a population increase leads to an excess supply of brides since men marry younger women. As a result, dowry payments rise in order to clear the marriage market. The explanation is essentially static; unmarried brides do not re-enter the marriage market. Th...

arriage customs in Bangladesh vary by region, complicating national-level efforts to eliminate some of the more harmful practices, such as early marriage and dowry demands, that undermine the status of women. Efforts to reform such a complex and multidimensional institution as marriage must consider economic concerns, social traditions, and social activism. Dowry demands—in addition to exacting...

the legal and juridical pathology of end-al-estetaah (payable in case of affordability) condition in  mahriyeh (dowry) maryam aghaei bejestani [1] mohammad rohani mogaddam [2] jalal araghi [3]   abstract dowry as one of the aspects of marriage contract has been canonized to consolidate foundation of the family and prove man’s interest to the continuation family life. dowry division into end-al-...

the bride possesses the right as to the dowry as soon asterms of marriage are uttered and is allowed to use it inany way she wishes, including denoting it altogether to thebridegroom and discharge him of his obligations in thisconnection. on the other hand, divorce before intercourseis considered an independent factor in transferring half ofthe dowry to the bridegroom based on which, according ...