An Empirical Analysis of the Impact of Dowry on Women's Intra-household Bargaining and Human Capital Investment in Children

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24730261
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Economic policy
• Research Institution: Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization
• Principal Investigator: Makino Momoe 独立行政法人日本貿易振興機構アジア経済研究所, 地域研究センター 南アジアグループ, 研究員 (50450531)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: ダウリー / 家計調査 / 実証分析 / 女性のエンパワメント / パキスタン

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The objective of the research is to empirically explore the impact of dowry on women's welfare in the marital household, and to lead to the related policy implications.
The unique household survey was conducted in rural Punjab, Pakistan, which is used in the empirical analysis. According to the empirial results that take endogeneity of dowry into account and control the financial level of households, a higher amount of dowry increases women's decision-making power and freedom of movement in the marital household, and decreases time spent for household chores. I presented the research paper at the conferences in Japan and abroad, and submitted it to the academic journal.

Free Research Field

開発経済学　家族経済学　人口経済学