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. …

In this paper, we examine the impact of variation in local economic conditions on the hazard into child marriage (i ….e. prior to age 18) among young women in Africa and India. We show that rainfall shocks, a major source of income variation in … these areas, have similar effects on crop yields but opposite effects on the early marriage hazard in the two regions: in …