This paper documents novel evidence of positive assortative matching in African marriage markets along cognitive and … Malawi …

is to: 'eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation. In this … ending child marriage. The authors begin by setting out the current context presenting data on child marriage and its impacts … for Development Initiative (ID4D) dataset. The authors turn next to the link between birth registration and child marriage …

strategy to end child marriage and teenage pregnancies. Improving girls' education is also a priority of the government …. Unfortunately, the cultural, economic, and social conditions that have historically contributed to child marriage, early …

The ancient custom of dowry, that is, bride-to-groom marriage payments, remains ubiquitous in many contemporary … 1986-2007. Utilizing variation in firstborn gender and dowry amounts across marriage markets, the paper finds that the … prospect of higher dowry payments at the time of a daughter's marriage leads parents to save more in advance. The higher …