Poverty entrenches cousin marriage and patriarchal controls.

What happens when crop yields improve and families become wealthier?

Mobabark, Kuhn & Peters's paper is here: https://spinup-000d1a-wp-offload-media.s3.amazonaws.com/faculty/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2019/06/marriage-market2.pdf

How does Rural Prosperity affect Marriages in Bangladesh?

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Alice is a Senior Lecturer at King's College London, and Faculty Associate at the Harvard Kennedy School.

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What led to the demise of foot-binding? by Dr Alice Evans

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Who are the world's most influential philosophers? by Dr Alice Evans

Who are the world's most influential philosophers?

Saumitra Jha (Associate Professor of Political Economy at the Stanford Graduate School of Business) joins me to discuss what prevents Hindu-Muslim conflict.

We discuss his paper on "Trade, Institutions, and Ethnic Tolerance: Evidence from South Asia" https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/trade-institutions-and-ethnic-tolerance-evidence-from-south-asia/534E0018C1431E7A7615B4FAD26DEB3E

What prevents Hindu-Muslim conflict? Saumitra Jha

Over the 20th century, the entire world became more gender equal. Or so I thought. But Pakistan has rocked my priors. Female employment has slightly risen. Meanwhile, young Pakistani women are more sexist than their grandmothers. What is going on?

Charts and graphs are on my Substack: https://www.ggd.world/p/is-pakistan-becoming-more-patriarchal

Is Pakistan becoming more Patriarchal?

The Patriarchal Political Order: Soledad Artiz Prillaman by Dr Alice Evans

How does Rural Prosperity affect Marriages in Bangladesh?

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