Menarche, Marriage Age, Education, and Employment in Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia
Author
Abstract
Suggested Citation
Download full text from publisher
References listed on IDEAS
- Karki Nepal, Apsara, 2018. "What matters more for child health: A father’s education or mother’s education?," World Development Perspectives, Elsevier, vol. 10, pages 24-33.
- Alissa Koski & Shelley Clark & Arijit Nandi, 2017. "Has Child Marriage Declined in sub-Saharan Africa? An Analysis of Trends in 31 Countries," Population and Development Review, The Population Council, Inc., vol. 43(1), pages 7-29, March.
- 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.
- Hossain, Mahbub, 2020. "Is there any interaction effect of mothers’ education and their bargaining power on children’s nutritional status? Evidence from rural Bangladesh," World Development Perspectives, Elsevier, vol. 18(C).
- M. Niaz Asadullah & Zaki Wahhaj, 2019.
"Early Marriage, Social Networks and the Transmission of Norms,"
Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 86(344), pages 801-831, October.
- Niaz Asadullah & Zaki Wahhaj, 2016. "Early Marriage, Social Networks and the Transmission of Norms," Studies in Economics 1602, School of Economics, University of Kent.
- M. Niaz Asadullah & Zaki Wahhaj, 2017. "Early marriage, social networks and the transmission of norms," Global Development Institute Working Paper Series 162017, GDI, The University of Manchester.
- Pascaline Dupas, 2011.
"Do Teenagers Respond to HIV Risk Information? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Kenya,"
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association, vol. 3(1), pages 1-34, January.
- Pascaline Dupas, 2009. "Do Teenagers Respond to HIV Risk Information? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Kenya," NBER Working Papers 14707, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Naveen Sunder, 2019. "Marriage Age, Social Status, and Intergenerational Effects in Uganda," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 56(6), pages 2123-2146, December.
- Sheetal Sekhri & Sisir Debnath, 2014. "Intergenerational Consequences of Early Age Marriages of Girls: Effect on Children's Human Capital," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 50(12), pages 1670-1686, December.
- 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.
- Erica Field & Attila Ambrus, 2008. "Early Marriage, Age of Menarche, and Female Schooling Attainment in Bangladesh," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 116(5), pages 881-930, October.
- Anjali Adukia, 2017. "Sanitation and Education," American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association, vol. 9(2), pages 23-59, April.
- Agüero, Jorge M., 2021. "Misallocated Talent: Teen Pregnancy, Education and Job Sorting in Colombia," Research Department working papers 1727, CAF Development Bank Of Latinamerica.
- Ambrus, Attila & Field, Erica, 2008. "Early Marriage, Age of Menarche, and Female Schooling Attainment in Bangladesh," Scholarly Articles 3200264, Harvard University Department of Economics.
- Gaurav Dhamija & Punarjit Roychowdhury, 2020. "Age at Marriage and Women's Labour Market Outcomes in India," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 32(3), pages 342-374, April.
- Magda Tsaneva, 2020. "The Effect of Weather Variability on Child Marriage in Bangladesh," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 32(8), pages 1346-1359, November.
Most related items
These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.- Jorge García Hombrados, 2017.
"Child Marriage and Infant Mortality: Evidence from Ethiopia,"
Working Paper Series
1317, Department of Economics, University of Sussex Business School.
- J. García-Hombrados, 2018. "Child Marriage and Infant Mortality: Evidence from Ethiopia," Working Papers 2018-07, FEDEA.
- Amirapu, Amrit & Asadullah, M Niaz & Wahhaj, Zaki, 2022. "Can Child Marriage Law Affect Attitudes and Behaviour in the Absence of Strict Enforcement? Experimental Evidence from Bangladesh," GLO Discussion Paper Series 1107, Global Labor Organization (GLO).
- Amirapu, Amrit & Asadullah, Niaz & Wahhaj, Zaki, 2024. "Can the Law Affect Attitudes and Behaviour in the Absence of Strict Enforcement? Experimental Evidence from a Child Marriage Reform in Bangladesh," IZA Discussion Papers 17410, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Villar, Paola, 2021. "Paternal mortality, early marriages, and marital trajectories in Senegal," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 142(C).
- Ashok, Sumeet & Mughal, Mazhar & Javed, Rashid, 2024.
"Mother’s age at marriage and gender-differential in child schooling: Evidence from Pakistan,"
Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 54(C).
- Sumeet Ashok & Mazhar Mughal & Rashid Javed, 2024. "Mother's Age at Marriage and Gender-Differential in Child Schooling: Evidence from Pakistan," Working Papers hal-04592806, HAL.
- Le, Dung D. & Molina, Teresa & Ibuka, Yoko & Goto, Rei, 2024. "The Intergenerational Health Effects of Child Marriage Bans," IZA Discussion Papers 17089, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Jorge Garcia Hombrados, 2018. "Empirical essays on development economics," Economics PhD Theses 0318, Department of Economics, University of Sussex Business School.
- 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.
- Li, Chuhui & Cheng, Wenli & Shi, Hui, 2021. "Early marriage and maternal health care utilisation: Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 43(C).
- Baten, Joerg & de Pleijt, Alexandra M., 2022. "Female autonomy generated successful long-term human capital development: Evidence from 16th to 19th century Europe," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 158(C).
- Hélène Giacobino & Elise Huillery & Bastien Michel & Mathilde Sage, 2022. "Schoolgirls Not Brides: Secondary Education as a Shield Against Child Marriage," Working Papers DT/2022/01, DIAL (Développement, Institutions et Mondialisation).
- 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.
- Wahhaj, Zaki, 2018. "An economic model of early marriage," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 152(C), pages 147-176.
- repec:ags:aaea22:335954 is not listed on IDEAS
- Chen, Yi & Zhao, Yi, 2022. "The timing of first marriage and subsequent life outcomes: Evidence from a natural experiment," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, vol. 50(3), pages 713-731.
- Sen Chakraborty, Kritika & Villa, Kira M., 2024. "Teen parent trap? The education and labor implications of motherhood and fatherhood during the transition from adolescence to adulthood in Cebu, the Philippines," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 55(C).
- 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.
- Rashid Javed & Mazhar Mughal, 2020.
"Girls Not Brides: Evolution of Child Marriage in Pakistan,"
Working Papers
hal-03038355, HAL.
- Javed, Rashid & Mughal, Mazhar, 2020. "Girls Not Brides: Evolution of Child Marriage in Pakistan," GLO Discussion Paper Series 731, Global Labor Organization (GLO).
- Paola A. Suarez, 2018. "Child-bride marriage and female welfare," European Journal of Law and Economics, Springer, vol. 45(1), pages 1-28, February.
- Igei, Kengo & Yuki, Takako, 2015. "Determinants of School Enrollment of Girls in Rural Yemen: Parental Aspirations and Attitudes toward Girls’ Education," Working Papers 107, JICA Research Institute.
- Herrera Catalina & E. Sahn David, 2017. "Working Paper 281 - Early Childbearing, School Attainment and Cognitive Skills," Working Paper Series 2398, African Development Bank.
More about this item
Keywords
Child Marriage; Women's Menarche; Menarche.;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
- I25 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Economic Development
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ARA-2023-10-09 (MENA - Middle East and North Africa)
- NEP-DEV-2023-10-09 (Development)
Statistics
Access and download statisticsCorrections
All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:tow:wpaper:2023-04. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.
If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.
If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .
If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.
For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Juergen Jung (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/detowus.html .
Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.