%0 Report
        %A Bishai, David
%A Grossbard, Shoshana
        %T Far Above Rubies: The Association Between Bride Price and Extramarital Sexual Relations in Uganda
        %D 2007
        %8 2007 Aug
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 2982
        %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp2982
        %X The custom of bride price involves the payment of goods or cash from the groom’s family to the bride’s family at the time of marriage. We present a theory that views bride price as a payment in hedonic markets for marital fidelity. Data from a household survey in Uganda are used to test the theoretical prediction that payment of bride price will be associated with fewer non-marital sexual relationships for women. The data show a robust association between bride price payment and lower rates of non-marital sexual relationships for women but not for men.
        %K marriage
%K extra-marital relations
%K bride price
%K Uganda