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Economic Impacts of Child Marriage: A Review of the Literature

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  • Jennifer Parsons
  • Jeffrey Edmeades
  • Aslihan Kes
  • Suzanne Petroni
  • Maggie Sexton
  • Quentin Wodon

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  • Jennifer Parsons & Jeffrey Edmeades & Aslihan Kes & Suzanne Petroni & Maggie Sexton & Quentin Wodon, 2015. "Economic Impacts of Child Marriage: A Review of the Literature," The Review of Faith & International Affairs, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 13(3), pages 12-22, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rfiaxx:v:13:y:2015:i:3:p:12-22
    DOI: 10.1080/15570274.2015.1075757
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    2. Fiifi Amoako Johnson & Mumuni Abu & Chigozie Edson Utazi, 2019. "Geospatial correlates of early marriage and union formation in Ghana," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 14(10), pages 1-17, October.
    3. Seth R. Gitter & Onyedikachukwu Onyemeziem & William Corcoran, 2023. "Menarche, Marriage Age, Education, and Employment in Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia," Working Papers 2023-04, Towson University, Department of Economics, revised Sep 2023.
    4. Maria Kamran, 2022. "A Touch of Violence - Welfare Outcomes under Bride Exchange and Child Brides," IHEID Working Papers 12-2022, Economics Section, The Graduate Institute of International Studies.
    5. Pragya Bhuwania & Kate Huh & Jody Heymann, 2023. "Impact of Tuition‐Free Education Policy on Child Marriage and Early Childbearing: Does Secondary Matter More?," Population and Development Review, The Population Council, Inc., vol. 49(1), pages 43-70, March.
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    7. Ayako Kohno & Maznah Dahlui & Nik Daliana Nik Farid & Norlaili Abdul Aziz & Takeo Nakayama, 2021. "Development of Early Marriage Attitude Scale: A Multi-Dimensional Scale for Measuring the Attitudes Toward Child Marriage," SAGE Open, , vol. 11(3), pages 21582440211, August.
    8. Bussolo,Maurizio & Ezebuihe,Jessy Amarachi & Munoz Boudet,Ana Maria & Poupakis,Stavros & Rahman,Tasmia & Sarma,Nayantara, 2022. "Social Norms and Gender Equality : A Descriptive Analysis for South Asia," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10142, The World Bank.
    9. Jiang, Anna & Lansford, Jennifer E., 2023. "State-level legal and sociodemographic correlates of child marriage rates in the United States," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 145(C).
    10. Paul, Pintu, 2019. "Effects of education and poverty on the prevalence of girl child marriage in India: A district–level analysis," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 100(C), pages 16-21.
    11. Nicole Stoelinga, 2024. "Education during conflict: The effect of territorial control by insurgents on schooling," Discussion Paper Series of the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods 2024_03, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods.
    12. Prakash C. Bhattarai & Deepak R. Paudel & Tikaram Poudel & Suresh Gautam & Prakash K. Paudel & Milan Shrestha & Janes I. Ginting & Dhruba R. Ghimire, 2022. "Prevalence of Early Marriage and Its Underlying Causes in Nepal: A Mixed Methods Study," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 11(4), pages 1-16, April.
    13. Hardiani, Hardiani & Junaidi, Junaidi, 2018. "Determinants of early marriage and model of maturing marriage age policy: a case in Jambi Province, Indonesia," MPRA Paper 86453, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    14. Muchomba, Felix M., 2021. "Parents’ assets and child marriage: Are mother’s assets more protective than father’s assets?," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 138(C).
    15. Sarah Baird & Laura Camfield & Anita Ghimire & Bassam Abu Hamad & Nicola Jones & Kate Pincock & Tassew Woldehanna, 2021. "Intersectionality as a Framework for Understanding Adolescent Vulnerabilities in Low and Middle Income Countries: Expanding Our Commitment to Leave No One Behind," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 33(5), pages 1143-1162, October.
    16. Tameshnie Deane, 2021. "Marrying Young: Limiting the Impact of a Crisis on the High Prevalence of Child Marriages in Niger," Laws, MDPI, vol. 10(3), pages 1-21, July.
    17. Jorge García Hombrados, 2017. "Child Marriage and Infant Mortality: Evidence from Ethiopia," Working Paper Series 1317, Department of Economics, University of Sussex Business School.
    18. Singh, Risha & Goli, Srinivas & Singh, Abhra, 2022. "Armed conflicts and girl child marriages: A global evidence," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 137(C).
    19. Duggal, Khushi, 2023. "The Relationship between Child Marriage and Female Educational Attainment in India," Warwick-Monash Economics Student Papers 57, Warwick Monash Economics Student Papers.
    20. Ebetürk, Irem, 2021. "Global diffusion of laws: The case of minimum age of marriage legislation, 1965–2015," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 8(3), pages 294-328.
    21. Maia Sieverding & Caroline Krafft & Nasma Berri & Caitlyn Keo, 2019. "Persistence and Change in Marriage Practices Among Syrian Refugees in Jordan," Working Papers 1281, Economic Research Forum, revised 2019.
    22. Jorge Garcia-Hombrados, 2022. "Child marriage and infant mortality: causal evidence from Ethiopia," Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 35(3), pages 1163-1223, July.
    23. Lorenz, Aaron & Lee, Yu Na, 2023. "On Rice and Weddings: Impacts of Food Assistance on Child Marriage in Indonesia," 2023 Annual Meeting, July 23-25, Washington D.C. 335954, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
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