Publication

1999 - Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

Language

English

Word Count

7,000 words, Guess

Page Count

28 pages

Identifiers

Description

Some aspects of violent behavior are linked to economic incentives. In India, domestic violence is used as a bargaining instrument, to extract larger dowries from a wife's family after the marriage has taken place.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Discussion paper / IRES Institut de recherches économiques et sociales -- no 9920

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