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On the impact of early marriage on schooling outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa and South West Asia

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posted on 2023-06-08, 22:59 authored by Marcos DelpratoMarcos Delprato, Kwame Akyeampong, Ricardo Sabates, Jimena Hernandez-Fernandez
This paper examines the effect of age of marriage on women's schooling outcomes for 36 countries from Sub-Saharan Africa and South West Asia. We employ an instrumental variable approach to account for the endogeneity of early marriage driven by socio-economic and cultural factors. Our results show that delaying early marriage by one year is associated with an increase of half a year of education in Sub-Saharan Africa and nearly one third of a year of education in South West Asia as well as a lower likelihood of dropping out from secondary school of 5.5% in South West Asia.

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Journal

International Journal of Educational Development

ISSN

0738-0593

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Elsevier

Volume

44

Page range

42-55

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  • Education Publications

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2015-11-02

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2020-02-28

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2020-02-28

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