Evolution of Dowry in India: Education, Jobs, and the Prevalence of a Controversial Tradition скачать в хорошем качестве

Evolution of Dowry in India: Education, Jobs, and the Prevalence of a Controversial Tradition

Study reveals how education and job opportunities in India contribute to the prevalence of dowry, despite its illegality. Learn about the evolution of dowry, its impact on women, and the role of economic factors. Explore the potential solutions to this long-standing issue. Dowry in India Evolution of dowry Impact of education on dowry Dowry and women's rights Dowry prevalence in South Asia Economic factors and dowry Illegal dowry practices in India Study on dowry payments Changing dowry traditions Dowry and domestic violence Role of education in dowry Dowry in arranged marriages Dowry statistics in India Dowry and gender inequality Dowry and economic growth Dowry and societal pressures Women's education and dowry Solutions to dowry problem Dowry and social mobility Dowry in different caste groups Dowry and women's empowerment Impact of dowry on marriage Dowry and women's safety Cultural aspects of dowry Dowry and legal implications Dowry and marriage market Dowry and women's economic status Dowry and dowry premium Dowry and dowry size decrease Dowry practices worldwide dowry, India, education, job opportunities, prevalence, illegal, women, domestic violence, tradition, economic growth, study, evolution, bride, groom, cash, gifts, marriage, statistics, caste, societal pressures, gender inequality, solutions, social mobility, safety, cultural aspects, legal implications, dowry premium, dowry size decrease, worldwide, #DowryInIndia #EducationAndDowry #PrevalenceOfDowry #IllegalDowry #WomenInIndia #DomesticViolence #DowryTradition #EconomicGrowth #DowryStudy #EvolutionOfDowry #MarriageInIndia #GenderInequality #ArrangedMarriages #DowryStatistics #SocialMobility #WomenEmpowerment #DowrySolutions #CasteSystem #MarriageMarket #DowryPremium #WomenSafety #CulturalAspects #LegalImplications #DowrySizeDecrease #EmpoweringWomen #DowryAwareness #SocialIssues #WomenRights #IndiaNews #SouthAsia #GenderEquality https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-i... https://feminisminindia.com/2023/05/1... https://www.transcontinentaltimes.com... https://indianexpress.com/article/ind... As education and job opportunities for men in India have improved over the decades, the prevalence of dowry has increased, a new study has found. Paying and accepting dowry is a centuries-old tradition in South Asia where the bride's parents gift cash, clothes, and jewelry to the groom's family. Even though the practice has been illegal in India since 1961, it continues to thrive and leaves women vulnerable to domestic violence and even death. Jeffrey Weaver of the University of Southern California and Gaurav Chiplunkar of the University of Virginia examined more than 74,000 marriages in India between 1930 and 1999 to examine the evolution of dowry over time. They calculated "net dowry" as the difference between the value of cash and gifts given by the bride's family to the groom or his family and those given by the groom's family to the bride's family. The researchers relied on data from India's Rural Economic and Demographic Survey, a panel survey of households across 17 of India's most populous states. Most Indian marriages are still arranged, and nearly all women marry by their late twenties. Some 90% of the marriages studied until 1999 involved dowry. Dowry payments between 1950 and 1999 amounted to nearly a quarter of a trillion dollars. The study found that economic growth perpetuated and boosted the practice of dowry payments, especially from the 1940s to the 1980s. Over this period, more men were getting educated and getting better quality jobs, which led to a rise in dowry. According to the study, the emergence and evolution of dowry can be most effectively understood by considering the changing distribution of groom quality, which correlates with advancements in their education and earnings. In other words, 'higher quality grooms' - well-educated and having better quality jobs - command higher dowries. As the number of educated grooms in a marriage market increases, there's a decrease in the "dowry premium" that more educated grooms receive, the study found. Is this possibly unique to India? A separate paper by Siwan Anderson of the University of British Columbia argues that unlike India, dowry payments showed a decline with increasing wealth in many societies, including Europe. Mr. Weaver and Mr. Chiplunkar say that their research finds little evidence for the conventional explanations about the rise of the practice of dowry. One theory is that dowry was practiced among upper-caste households and spread as lower castes emulated these practices to improve their social mobility. The new study says this is not clear because the practice of dowry began around the same time for both the high and low caste groups.