In this paper, we explore the links between polygyny and female labour supply in Senegal using a nationally …

for girls and women because it may: incentivize early marriage and lead to higher fertility; promote the view that …Bride price, which is payment from the groom and/or the groom's family to the bride's family at the time of marriage … husbands have 'purchased' their wives, resulting is worse treatment of wives; and trap women in unhappy marriages due to the …

This paper examines the impact of gender based violence against women and girls (GBV), in the environment the children … partner violence, early marriage, and female genital mutilations - negatively affect the schooling of boys and girls …

women pradhans, I estimate the effect of the Panchayati Raj institutions on age and autonomy over marriage. Results indicate … that women in local government decrease the likelihood of child marriage, and increase the age at first marriage and gauna … the implementation of reserved seats for women in local government. …

marital trajectories affect women's wellbeing. Women's marital trajectories in Senegal are described and correlated with …Divorce and widowhood followed by remarriage are common for women in Africa. A key question is how such discontinuous … widowhood as well as subsequent remarriage is documented. Poorer women are more vulnerable to both dissolution and remarriage …

This project aims to explore the effect of wealth shocks on education and marriage for young women in Pakistan … delay early marriage in shock-hit households as they are more creditconstrained. Lastly, higher educated women receive more …. Financial shocks are used to estimate the probability of dropping out of education and into marriage. Using the Pakistan Rural …

opportunities in urban non-agricultural industries. However, women may be able to circumvent such restrictions by using marriage to … in which women make marriage and migration decisions jointly, we hypothesize that marriage and labour markets will be … bridge construction induced marriage-related migration (not economic migration) among rural women, but only for those women …

document that the earthquake reduced the age at marriage for both men and women and decreased the likelihood of women marrying …This paper examines the impact of the 2001 Gujarat earthquake on age at marriage and other assortative matching … highlight how the institution of marriage can induce long-lasting demographic changes after a natural disaster. …

Marriage is the single most important economic transaction and social transition in the lives of young people. Yet … little is known about the economics of marriage in much of the developing world. This paper examines the economics of … marriage in North Africa, where asymmetric rights in marriage create incentives for extensive up-front bargaining and detailed …

findings are relevant as under-age marriage has negative consequences for the well-being of women in terms of health, education …This paper analyses whether living in a locality with high crime against women affects the probability of early … marriage-that is, marriage before the legal age of marriage of girls. We hypothesize that parents who perceive themselves to …