Watta Satta : Bride Exchange and Women's Welfare in Rural Pakistan

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dc.creatorJacoby, Hanan G.
dc.creatorMansuri, Ghazala
dc.date2012-06-05T16:36:12Z
dc.date2012-06-05T16:36:12Z
dc.date2007-02
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T01:22:50Z
dc.descriptionIn a setting where husbands wield considerable coercive power, forms of marriage should adapt to protect the interests of women and their families. The authors study the pervasive marriage custom of watta satta in rural Pakistan, a bride exchange between families coupled with a mutual threat of retaliation. They show that watta satta may be a mechanism to coordinate the actions of two sets of in-laws, each of whom wish to restrain their sons-in-law but who only have the ability to restrain their sons. The authors' empirical results support this view. The likelihood of marital inefficiency, as measured by estrangement, domestic abuse, and wife's mental health, is significantly lower in watta satta arrangements as compared with conventional marriages, but only after properly accounting for selection.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/02/7351801/watta-satta-bride-exchange-womens-welfare-rural-pakistan
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/7130
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-4126
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/417563
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relationPolicy Research Working Paper; No. 4126
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectCHILDHOOD
dc.subjectCLAN
dc.subjectCONFLICT
dc.subjectDIVORCE
dc.subjectDOWRIES
dc.subjectDOWRY
dc.subjectENDOGAMY
dc.subjectEXOGAMY
dc.subjectFAMILIES
dc.subjectFAMILY SIZE
dc.subjectFATHERS
dc.subjectGENDER
dc.subjectGIRLS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectIDEAS
dc.subjectKINSHIP
dc.subjectLAND OWNERSHIP
dc.subjectLAWS
dc.subjectMARRIAGE CUSTOMS
dc.subjectMARRIAGES
dc.subjectMARRIED MEN
dc.subjectMARRIED WOMEN
dc.subjectMOTHERS
dc.subjectPARENTS
dc.subjectPOWER
dc.subjectPRIVACY
dc.subjectRURAL SOCIETY
dc.subjectSEX
dc.subjectSOCIETIES
dc.subjectVILLAGES
dc.subjectVIOLENCE
dc.subjectVIRGINITY
dc.titleWatta Satta : Bride Exchange and Women's Welfare in Rural Pakistan

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