The Economics of Arranged Marriage

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This monograph asks why arranged marriage persists across South Asia, the Middle East, and diaspora communities despite a century of modernization, and what determines its success. Drawing on economics, game theory, sociology, and demography, it develops formal models of marriage markets, analyzing information asymmetries, matching, and partner selection, tested against survey data from Pakistan. The first chapter surveys the global literature on theoretical frameworks, empirical evidence, and debates around gender agency, dowry, and marital outcomes. The second chapter builds economic models of arranged marriage markets, distinguishing commitment mechanisms from equilibrium matching. The third synthesizes findings on welfare: when arranged marriages succeed and what shapes their quality and stability. Throughout, the work refuses dichotomies of tradition versus modernity, treating arranged marriage as a complex adaptive institution shaped by strategic interaction, information constraints, and evolving norms. The result is a rigorous and interdisciplinary account of the world's most prevalent yet understudied form of union formation.

Zusammenfassung

Dr. Karrar Hussain is an Associate Professor of Economics at the American University in Bulgaria, a fellow at IGC and CERP, and a Fulbright Scholar. His research spans development and behavioral economics. He holds a PhD from USC and has held positions at FAU Germany, LUMS Pakistan, Harvard University, and UC San Diego.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2026
Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Importe , Wirtschaft
Rubrik:	Recht & Wirtschaft
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9786209710803
ISBN-10:	6209710808
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Hussain, Karrar
Hersteller:	LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	SIA OmniScriptum Publishing, Brivibas Gatve 197, ?-1039 Riga, customerservice@vdm-vsg.de
Maße:	220 x 150 x 13 mm
Von/Mit:	Karrar Hussain
Erscheinungsdatum:	10.03.2026
Gewicht:	0,316 kg