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Fenske, James (2015) African polygamy : past and present. Journal of Development Economics, 117 . pp. 58-73. doi:10.1016/j.jdeveco.2015.06.005 ISSN 0304-3878.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2015.06.005
Abstract
I evaluate the impact of education on polygamy in Africa. Districts of French West Africa that received more colonial teachers and parts of sub-Saharan Africa that received Protestant or Catholic missions have lower polygamy rates in the present. I find no evidence of a causal effect of modern education on polygamy. Natural experiments that have expanded education in Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Sierra Leone and Kenya have not reduced polygamy. Colonial education and missionary education, then, have been more powerful sources of cultural change than the cases of modern schooling I consider.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||
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| Subjects: | D History General and Old World > DT Africa G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GN Anthropology H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics | ||||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Polygamy -- Africa -- Stantistics, Education -- Africa -- Stantistics, Africa, West -- Civilization -- French influences, Protestant churches -- Missions -- Africa, Catholic Church -- Missions -- Africa, Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Colonies | ||||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Development Economics | ||||||||||
| Publisher: | Elsevier | ||||||||||
| ISSN: | 0304-3878 | ||||||||||
| Official Date: | November 2015 | ||||||||||
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| Volume: | 117 | ||||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 58-73 | ||||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2015.06.005 | ||||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 31 January 2017 | ||||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 3 July 2017 | ||||||||||
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