Economic impacts of child marriage : work, earnings and household welfare brief (English)

The brief summarizes results from an analysis of the impacts of child marriage on women's work (specifically, labor force participation and type of work held), earnings and productivity and household welfare. It also estimates selected economic costs of these impacts. Each day, more than 41,000 girls worldwide are married while still children, often before they may be physically and emotionally ready to become wives and mothers. Child marriage, defined...

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Wodon,Quentin T.;

Savadogo,Aboudrahyme;

Kes,A.;
Document Date
2017/06/27
Document Type
Brief
Report Number
116835
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
World,
Region
Other,
Disclosure Date
2017/06/27
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Economic impacts of child marriage : work, earnings and household welfare brief
Keywords
Child Marriage

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Wodon,Quentin T.; Savadogo,Aboudrahyme; Kes,A..

Economic impacts of child marriage : work, earnings and household welfare brief (English). Economic Impacts of Child Marriage Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/312761498512784050

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