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Not a Dream Wedding: The Hidden Nexus Between Climate Change and Child Marriage

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  • Roberto Pasten
  • Eugenio Figueroa
  • Daniela Muñoz
  • Cristian Colther

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Using a structural equation model, this paper studies the unexplored relationship between climate change and child marriage. Based on a sample of 180 countries and using a variety of economic, climatic, and cultural variables, our results suggest that climate change indeed has indirect as well as direct effects on child marriage. We state that, following an indirect channel, climate change affects child marriage through climate vulnerability, which acts mainly via income reductions, which strengthen the main drivers of child marriage: gender discrimination and extreme poverty. We also conclude that of the two main drivers, gender discrimination is relatively more important than extreme poverty.

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  • Roberto Pasten & Eugenio Figueroa & Daniela Muñoz & Cristian Colther, 2020. "Not a Dream Wedding: The Hidden Nexus Between Climate Change and Child Marriage," Working Papers wp508, University of Chile, Department of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:udc:wpaper:wp508
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