This was interesting. Do you have a good overview or only papers as references?
(Not doubting, interested. I have heard quite a few stories from Indian friends about their (female) relatives running away to marry the wrong religion, both muslim and hindu. But India is a special case, if anything is.)
They have observed correlation, but I don't think that warrants to interpret causality.
It could also be that freedom and democracy happen for some other reasons, and then later in a free and democratic society people will have less incentives to marry close relatives.
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This was interesting. Do you have a good overview or only papers as references?
(Not doubting, interested. I have heard quite a few stories from Indian friends about their (female) relatives running away to marry the wrong religion, both muslim and hindu. But India is a special case, if anything is.)
Edit: Thanks!
For starters:
http://jcc.sagepub.com/content/early/2012/04/24/002202211244...
They have observed correlation, but I don't think that warrants to interpret causality.
It could also be that freedom and democracy happen for some other reasons, and then later in a free and democratic society people will have less incentives to marry close relatives.
It's also important to note that the particular direction of the causality is not necessary for it to be an impediment.