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婚前迁移与婚姻支付：来自印度尼西亚男性的证据
Premarital migration and marriage payments: Evidence from Indonesian men
摘要
While bride price customs are widespread in many developing countries, little is known about their consequences on men’s decisions. In this paper, we exploit a quasi-natural experiment of a school-building program in Indonesia (INPRES) to investigate the relationship between marriage norms and the internal migrations of young men. Combining anthropological, administrative, and individual-based datasets, we implement a triple-difference approach. We show that the less advantaged young men, who have fewer resources to cope with rising marriage costs, are more likely to migrate out of their district of origin when the women they are expected to marry benefit from the program. These findings suggest that the interaction between marital norms and policies can result in unintended consequences, shaping major economic decisions such as premarital migration.
中文摘要
尽管彩礼习俗在许多发展中国家普遍存在，但人们对其如何影响男性的决策知之甚少。本文利用印度尼西亚一项校舍建设计划（INPRES）作为准自然实验，考察婚姻规范与年轻男性内部迁移之间的关系。我们结合人类学、行政管理和个体层面的数据集，采用三重差分方法。我们发现，那些处于较不利地位的年轻男性，由于可用于应对不断上涨的婚姻成本的资源较少，当其预期婚配的女性从该计划中受益时，他们更有可能迁出其原籍地区。这些发现表明，婚姻规范与政策之间的相互作用可能产生非预期后果，并塑造婚前迁移等重大经济决策。