The Risk of Polygamy and Wives'Saving Behavior
The Risk of Polygamy and Wives'Saving Behavior
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一夫多妻制风险与妻子储蓄行为
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2016
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I. Chort
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M. Boltz;I. Chort
在一夫多妻制的社会中，所有一夫一妻制的妇女都有可能成为一夫多妻制的受害者。然而，人类学和经济学文献没有提到一夫多妻制的风险对一夫一妻制妻子的经济决定的潜在影响。本文探讨了这一问题在塞内加尔，使用个人面板数据。本文首先估计了一个考克斯模型的概率过渡到一夫多妻制。其次，它估计了一夫多妻制的预测风险对一夫一妻制妻子储蓄的影响。研究结果表明，一夫多妻制的风险对女性委托给正式或非正式机构的储蓄产生了积极影响，这表明了自我保护战略。储蓄增加的代价是家庭食品消费支出和妻子的私人非食品支出减少。
In a polygamous society, all monogamous women are potentially at risk of polygamy. However, the anthropological and economic literatures are silent on the potential impact of the risk of polygamy on the economic decisions of monogamous wives. This paper explores this issue in Senegal, using individual panel data. The paper first estimates a Cox model for the probability of transition to polygamy. Second, it estimates the impact of the predicted risk of polygamy on monogamous wives' savings. The findings show a positive impact of the risk of polygamy on female savings entrusted to formal or informal institutions, which is suggestive of self-protective strategies. The increase in savings comes at the cost of reduced consumption of household food expenditures and wives' private nonfood expenses.