Patrilocal Residence and Women’s Social Status: Evidence from South Asia
研究南亚地区从夫居制度（婚后与丈夫家人同住）对女性福利的影响，发现该制度降低了女性在家庭经济与医疗决策中的参与度及行动自由，但减少了家庭暴力，且效应源于对嫁入女性的歧视。
We investigate the effect of patrilocality, the system of postmarital residence where the couple resides with the husband’s family, on the welfare of women in South Asia. Results indicate that married women in patrilocal households are less likely to participate in economic and health-care decisions and have limited freedom of movement but also face less domestic abuse. By comparing outcomes for daughters-in-law and unmarried daughters of heads of household, the effect can be attributed to a discriminatory attitude toward women married into the family. Various robustness checks show that results are not driven by selection into type of postmarital residence.