Measures of early childbirth are high in Mozambique. The share of women ages 18-22 who had a child before 18 is 39.0 percent and it has increased over time. The share of women who had a child before the age of 15, at six percent, has however decreased. Early childbirth is associated with lower...

Measures of early childbirth are high in Mauritania. The share of women ages 18-22 who had a child before 18 is 19.8 percent, but it has decreased over time. The share of girls who had a child before the age of 15, at 6.3 percent, has also decreased. Early childbirth is associated with lower...

Measures of child marriage are high in Mozambique. The share of women ages 18-22 who married as children is 51.5 percent and it has increased over time. However the share of women marrying very early, before the age of 15, has declined, but not rapidly. Child marriage is associated with lower...

Measures of child marriage are high in Mauritania. The share of women ages 18-22 who married as children is 35.2 percent, but it has declined over time. The share of girls marrying very early, before the age of 15, has also declined. Child marriage is associated with lower wealth, lower...

Measures of early childbirth are high in Mali. The share of women aged 18-22 who had a child before 18 is 44.9 percent and it has increased over time. The share of girls who had a child before the age of 15, at thirteen percent, has also increased. Early childbirth is associated with lower...

Measures of early childbirth are high in the Republic of Congo. The share of women ages 18-22 who had a child before 18 is 31.8 percent, and it has decreased only slightly over time. The share of girls with a child before the age of 15 has also decreased slightly. Early childbirth is associated...

Measures of child marriage are high in the Dominican Republic. The share of women ages 18-22 who married as children is 34.6 percent and it has not decreased substantially over time. The share of girls marrying very early, before the age of 15, has decreased. Child marriage is associated with...

Front Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Executive Summary -- Key Findings -- Why Should We Measure Wealth? -- What Is New in This Version of The Changing Wealth of Nations? -- Global and Regional Trends from 1995 to 2014 -- Natural Capital and Development --...

Women's earnings are a fraction of male's earnings in several African countries. It is tempting to conclude that this wage gap is a sign of discrimination against women in the labor market. Yet this book uses new datasets to show that the gap is not simply the result of discrimination in the...