The economics of female genital cutting
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2010
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Chesnokova, T.
Vaithianathan, R.
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B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, The, 2010; 10(1):64-1-64-28
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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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