Brides for Sale: Cross-Border Marriages and Female Immigration
Published By: IZA on eSS | Published Date: March, 30 , 2012Every year, a large number of women immigrate as brides from developing countries to
developed countries in East Asia. This phenomenon virtually did not exist in the early 1990s,
but foreign brides currently comprise 4 to 35 percent of newlyweds in these developed Asian
countries. This paper argues that two factors account for this rapid increase in “bride
importation”: the rapid growth of women’s educational attainment and a cultural norm that
leads to a low net surplus of marriage for educated women. We provide empirical evidence
supporting our theoretical model and its implications, using datasets from Japan, Korea,
Singapore, and Taiwan. [IZA Discussion Paper No. 6458]. URL:[http://ftp.iza.org/dp6458.pdf].
Author(s): Daiji Kawaguchi, Soohyung Lee | Posted on: Apr 16, 2012 | Views(1248)