Does Child Marriage Matter for Growth? /

Global attention to ending child marriage and its socio-economic consequences is gaining momentum. Ending child marriage is not only critical from a development perspective but it also has important economic implications. This paper is the first to quantify the relationship between child marriage an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mitra, Pritha
Other Authors: Almeida, Luiz, Pant, Malika, Pondi Endengle, Eric M.
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2020.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2020/027
Online Access:Full text available on IMF