and services. To reduce child marriage, which has long-run negative effects on the development of children, policymakers …We study the socio-economic determinants of child (girls below age of 19 years) marriage using a panel data of thirty … significant determinants of child marriage. Our results which control for province fixed effects (e.g. local cultural norms or …

and services. To reduce child marriage, which has long-run negative effects on the development of children, policymakers …We study the socio-economic determinants of child (girls below age of 19 years) marriage using a panel data of thirty … significant determinants of child marriage. Our results which control for province fixed effects (e.g. local cultural norms or …

The practice of early marriage for women is prevalent in developing countries around the world today, and is believed … model of the marriage market to explain how the practice may be sustained in the absence of any intrinsic preference for … young brides. We assume there is a desirable female attribute, relevant for the gains from marriage, that is only noisily …

– transfers from the groom to the bride’s parents at marriage. We develop a simple model in which households are exposed to income …