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Article: Dowry and Bride Price
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Dowry and Bride Price
PREVALENCE
CHARACTERISTICS OF MARRIAGE PAYMENTS
FACTORS BEHIND MARRIAGE PAYMENTS
DOWRY INFLATION AND THE MARRIAGE SQUEEZE IN INDIA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Bride price
and
dowry
are terms that refer to payments made at the time of marriage in many cultures, primarily in Asia and Africa. Bride price is typically paid by the groom or the groom
’
s family to the bride
’
s family. Dowry is typically paid by the bride
’
s family to the bride or to the wedded couple. Thus bride price and dowry are not necessarily the converse of each other. However, in the twentieth century, dowry payments in South Asia have increasingly been demanded by and paid to the groom
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