Wealth Transfer At Marriage

Associated Documents (2)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Huber, Brad R.Material resource investments at marriage: evolutionary, social, and ecological perspectives
Frederic L. PryorEconomic Systems of Foraging, Agricultural, and Industrial Societies

Associated Hypotheses (3)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Huber, Brad R.At the time of marriage, wealth is generally transferred from the groom’s family to the bride’s and from the couple’s parents to the bride and groom (288).
Huber, Brad R.Paternal confidence level, polygyny rate, level of pathogen stress, relative age of spouses, and divorce rate will be positively associated with wealth transfer to the bride and her parents (284-6).
Frederic L. PryorForaging groups with lower levels of economic development (Classic and transitional foragers) can be identified with certain property and distribution characteristics (42).

Associated OCMs

  1. mode of marriage
  2. arranging a marriage
  3. nuptials