title: Male marriage squeeze and inter-provincial marriage in central China: evidence from Anhui.
abstract: Since the 1990s, inter-provincial female migration for marriage has become important in central and eastern rural China. Using survey data from X County in rural Anhui Province, we explore the arrangement of inter-provincial marriages, as well as the characteristics of husbands and wives, marital satisfaction, and marital stability for these marriages. We find that inter-provincial marriage is an important option for local men to respond to the marriage squeeze and the increasing expense of marriage. It helps to relieve the shortage of marriageable women in the local marriage market. Because this kind of marriage is based on economic exchange, but not affection, it is often subject to a higher risk of marriage instability, and can lead to such illegal behaviors as marriage fraud and mercenary marriage.
authors.affiliation: Lige Liu is an assistant professor of School of Humanities at Northwest A&F University in China. Xiaoyi Jin is a professor of the Institute for Population and Development Studies, School of Public Policy and Administration at Xi'an Jiaotong University. Melissa J. Brown is a senior research associate at the Minnesota Population Center at University of Minnesota. Marcus W. Feldman is a professor of Biology at Stanford.
authors.forename: Lige
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Lige Liu is an assistant professor of School of Humanities at Northwest A&F University in China. Xiaoyi Jin is a professor of the Institute for Population and Development Studies, School of Public Policy and Administration at Xi'an Jiaotong University. Melissa J. Brown is a senior research associate at the Minnesota Population Center at University of Minnesota. Marcus W. Feldman is a professor of Biology at Stanford.
authors.forename: Xiaoyi
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.affiliation: Lige Liu is an assistant professor of School of Humanities at Northwest A&F University in China. Xiaoyi Jin is a professor of the Institute for Population and Development Studies, School of Public Policy and Administration at Xi'an Jiaotong University. Melissa J. Brown is a senior research associate at the Minnesota Population Center at University of Minnesota. Marcus W. Feldman is a professor of Biology at Stanford.
authors.forename: Melissa J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.affiliation: Lige Liu is an assistant professor of School of Humanities at Northwest A&F University in China. Xiaoyi Jin is a professor of the Institute for Population and Development Studies, School of Public Policy and Administration at Xi'an Jiaotong University. Melissa J. Brown is a senior research associate at the Minnesota Population Center at University of Minnesota. Marcus W. Feldman is a professor of Biology at Stanford.
authors.forename: Marcus W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Feldman