Cooperation in polygynous households

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Cooperation in polygynous households

Using a carefully designed series of public goods games, we compare, across monogamous and polygynous households, the willingness of husbands and wives to cooperate to maximize household gains. Compared to monogamous husbands and wives, polygynous husbands and wives are less cooperative, one with an...

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Main Authors:	Barr, Abigail, Dekker, Marleen, Janssens, Wendy, Kebede, Bereket, Kramer, Berber
Format:	Article
Published:	American Economic Association 2018
Subjects:	household resource allocation; cooperative decision-making; polygyny; Nigeria
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/52349/

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