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Schoolgirls, Not Brides: Education as a Shield against Child Marriage

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  • Hélène Giacobino
  • Elise Huillery
  • Bastien Michel
  • Mathilde Sage

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We study the impact of a scholarship-based intervention aimed to reduce child marriage by fostering secondary education among adolescent girls in Niger. Using a large-scale randomized controlled trial, we find that after three years of implementation, the intervention led to large and positive effects. It halved both dropout and marriage rates and increased girls' and their parents' aspirations. Importantly, there is no displacement effect detrimental to the education and marriage status of nontreatment girls. Our results show that financial aid for education has the potential to transform adolescent girls' lives.

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  • Hélène Giacobino & Elise Huillery & Bastien Michel & Mathilde Sage, 2024. "Schoolgirls, Not Brides: Education as a Shield against Child Marriage," American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association, vol. 16(4), pages 109-143, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:aea:aejapp:v:16:y:2024:i:4:p:109-43
    DOI: 10.1257/app.20220443
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    JEL classification:

    • I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
    • I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy
    • J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration

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