The Economics of Female Genital Cutting
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Auteurs : Tatyana Chesnokova [Australie] ; Rhema Vaithianathan [Nouvelle-Zélande]Source :
- The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy [ 1935-1682 ] ; 2010-07-18.
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- African countries, Alternative model, Anthropological literature, Assortative, Basic model, Brideprice, Burkina, Burkina faso, Burkino faso, Chesnokova, Ciency result, Cient, Ciently, Circumcise, Circumcised, Circumcised females, Circumcised wife, Circumcised women, Circumcision, Circumcision status, Clow, Convention account, Ctype females, Discount rate, Dowry, Dowry payment, Economic analysis policy, Ethnic groups, External genitalia, Extreme form, Faso, Female circumcision, Long history, Lowest rate, Male circumcision, Many countries, Marital outcomes, Market failure, Marriage market, Marriage partner, Marriage payments, Medical anthropology, Melvyn coles, Negative health consequences, Payo, Positive probability, Professional excisor, Quarterly journal, Rhema vaithianathan, Rich males, Second round, Stable equilibrium, State department, Study group, Stylized facts, Tatyana chesnokova, Theoretical model, Uncircumcised, Vaithianathan, Wealth quintile, Wealthier household, Young girls.
Abstract
The practice of female genital cutting (FGC) has a long history in Africa and it is thought that over 130 million females alive today have undergone the practice. In this paper, we model FGC as a pre-marital investment. We show how the rat-race nature of the marriage market may result in inefficiently high equilibrium levels of FGC. We argue that in this case, regulation results in a (potential) Pareto improvement and that even weak regulation can be effective in eradicating FGC.
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DOI: 10.2202/1935-1682.2565
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