Search Results - subject:"age of marriage"

Can the Law Affect Attitudes and Behaviour in the Absence of Strict Enforcement? Experimental Evidence from a Child Marriage Reform in Bangladesh

Amirapu, Amrit; Asadullah, Niaz; Wahhaj, Zaki - 2024

In developing countries, one in four girls is married before turning 18, with adverse consequences for themselves and their children. In this paper, we investigate whether laws can affect attitudes and behaviour towards child marriage –in a context in which the laws are not strictly enforced....

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Can the law affect attitudes and behaviour in the absence of strict enforcement? : experimental evidence from a child marriage reform in Bangladesh

Amirapu, Amrit; Asadullah, Mohammad Niaz; Wahhaj, Zaki - 2024

In developing countries, one in four girls is married before turning 18, with adverse consequences for themselves and their children. In this paper, we investigate whether laws can affect attitudes and behaviour towards child marriage - in a context in which the laws are not strictly enforced....

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015084098

The marriage age U-shape

Jelnov, Pavel - In: Journal of demographic economics : JODE 89 (2023) 2, pp. 211-252

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Can Child Marriage Law Affect Attitudes and Behaviour in the Absence of Strict Enforcement? Experimental Evidence from Bangladesh

Amirapu, Amrit; Asadullah, M Niaz; Wahhaj, Zaki - 2022

In developing countries, one in four girls is married before turning 18, with adverse consequences for their own and their children's human capital. In this paper, we investigate whether laws can affect attitudes and behaviour towards child marriage - in a context in which the laws are not...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013208392