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This dissertation investigates the relationship between marriage markets and fertility in developing countries. Chapter 1 considers the impact of family planning on dowry transfers. We construct a model of the marriage market in which prospective mates anticipate the outcome of …

This dissertation is a study of the decoration of homes in Ketendere, a village north of the town of Milas in Turkey's southwestern province of Mugla. I write about how people in Ketendere organize their interiors in accordance with their ethnic, aesthetic and religious values. …

This dissertation is a study of the interrelationship between law, culture, patriarchy and religion in the context of contemporary Bangladesh. The particular focus of the dissertation is the situation of married women. Since independence, growing economic hardship, increasing op…