Patrilocal Exogamy as a Monitoring Mechanism: How Inheritance and Residence Patterns Co-evolve

Economists have modeled inheritance norms assuming the pattern of post-marital residence is exogenous. We model the co-evolution of these two institutions, examining how patrilineal inheritance and patrilocal exogamy reinforced each other in a patrilineal-patrilocal equilibrium. We also derive condi...

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Main Author: GUHA, Brishti
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Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2010
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Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/1252
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soe_research/article/2251/viewcontent/Patrilocal.pdf
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Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English