NOVAFRICA Podcast: Polygyny and the Economic Determinants of Family Formation Outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa

We have released the Episode 3 of the 6th Season of the NOVAFRICA Sustainable Development Talks with Augustin Tapsoba, from Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), focuses on his paper entitled “Polygyny and the Economic Determinants of Family Formation Outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa”.

How do families form in places where men marry more than one wives? How do money and tough times affects who gets married and when? How do monogamous and polygamous market react to global price shocks? What are the key challenges researchers face in studying marital dynamics in polygamous areas in Sub-Saharan Africa and how do these challenges affect their accuracy of findings? And what are the policy implications of  social interventions in polygamous marriage market in family economies?

This episode answers to all of these questions.

Listen to the Episode 3 here.

Find out more about this podcast series.