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Supply-and-demand demographics: dowry, daughter aversion and marriage markets in contemporary north India

Patricia JefferySchool of Social and Political Science, Sociology & Centre for South Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh, Chrystal Macmillan Building, 15A George Square, EdinburghEH8 9LD, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 171-188 | Published online: 14 Apr 2014

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