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Both Bangladesh and Niger are among the world’s poorest countries, while both incidentally have some of the highest … in Bangladesh and Niger. With 76 percent of girls married before they turn eighteen, Niger has the highest rate of child … brides in the world. Poverty is a driving factor for many families in Niger to marry girls. In Bangladesh, where 52 percent …
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market in rural Bangladesh. Despite being heavily contaminated with arsenic, groundwater was the main source of drinking … water for rural dwellers in Bangladesh since the 1970s. This created a major health emergency in the country as arsenic … campaign. We study the impact of the campaign on marriage patterns in rural Bangladesh. Using a difference-in-difference model …
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beyond increasing the divorce rate. They can influence female labor supply, marriage and fertility rates, child well …
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particularly relevant to policies for dealing with the gender pay gap and below-replacement fertility rates, both thought to be …
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