Economic Impacts of Child Marriage: A Review of the Literature

In this article, the objective is to provide useful information for such dialogue by documenting what is known about the economic impacts of child marriage on the girls who marry early, their children, and their families. Girls who marry early have little decision-making power within the marital hom...

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Published inThe review of faith & international affairs Vol. 13; no. 3; pp. 12 - 22
Main Authors Parsons, Jennifer, Edmeades, Jeffrey, Kes, Aslihan, Petroni, Suzanne, Sexton, Maggie, Wodon, Quentin
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Arlington Routledge 03.07.2015
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Decision making
Economic impact
Girls
Income
Labor
Labor force participation
Literacy
Marriage
Poverty
Power
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Summary:In this article, the objective is to provide useful information for such dialogue by documenting what is known about the economic impacts of child marriage on the girls who marry early, their children, and their families. Girls who marry early have little decision-making power within the marital home, a greater likelihood of school dropout and illiteracy, lower labor force participation and earnings, and less control over productive household assets. Finally, while the consequences of child marriage are felt most keenly at the individual level, child marriage is likely to also have profound and far-reaching effects at national and global levels in the forms of lost earnings and intergenerational transmission of poverty.
ISSN:1557-0274
1931-7743
DOI:10.1080/15570274.2015.1075757