Plausibly Exogenous [978] - Matrilineal Belt (10/03/2022)
LHS Variable
Women role in households
RHS Variable
Kinship structure
Source of Exogenous Variation
Geographic variation induced by “matrilineal belt,” which describes the distribution of matrilineal ethnic groups across the center of Africa
- Lowes (2022), “Kinship Structure and the Family: Evidence from the Matrilineal Belt”