New Research Finds a Link Between the Cost of Getting Married and the Outbreak Violent Conflict
The high price of getting married can lead young men to take up arms.
That is the conclusion of a new cutting-edge research paper that finds a correlation between what is known as "brideprice" and the outbreak of violent conflict. Some 75% of the world's population live in societies that practice some form of wealth transfer, like a dowry payment, from y…
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