Economic Impacts of Child Marriage: A Review of the Literature

doi:10.1080/15570274.2015.1075757

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Economic Impacts of Child Marriage: A Review of the Literature

dc.contributor.author	Parsons, Jennifer
dc.contributor.author	Edmeades, Jeffrey
dc.contributor.author	Kes, Aslihan
dc.contributor.author	Petroni, Suzanne
dc.contributor.author	Sexton, Maggie
dc.contributor.author	Wodon, Quentin
dc.date.accessioned	2015-12-28T20:53:18Z
dc.date.available	2015-12-28T20:53:18Z
dc.date.issued	2015-10-23
dc.description.abstract	Child marriage is a widespread violation of human rights. It is an impediment to social and economic development, and it is rooted in gender inequality. The low value placed on girls and women perpetuates the act and acceptability of child marriage in societies where the practice is common. Child marriage is defined as any legal or customary union involving a boy or girl below the age of 18. This definition draws from various conventions, treaties and international agreements, including the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Convention on the Elimination of All forms of Discrimination against Women, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and recent resolutions of the UN Human Rights Council. While boys sometimes marry young, this paper addresses the practice primarily as it affects girls who make up the large majority of children who are married under 18. If current trends continue, more than 140 million girls will marry early in the next decade or up to 40,000 per day.	en
dc.identifier.citation	The Review of Faith & International Affairs
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/23530
dc.identifier.issn	1557-0274
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/23530
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Taylor and Francis
dc.rights	CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.subject	underage marriage
dc.subject	child marriage
dc.subject	education
dc.subject	social norms
dc.subject	bride price
dc.subject	labor force participation
dc.subject	wellbeing
dc.title	Economic Impacts of Child Marriage	en
dc.title.subtitle	A Review of the Literature	en
dc.type	Journal Article	en
dc.type	Article de journal	fr
dc.type	Artículo de revista	es
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.date.disclosure	2017-04-23
okr.date.doiregistration	2025-05-06T11:36:17.055450Z
okr.doctype	Publications & Research::Journal Article
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.externalcontent	External Content
okr.identifier.doi	10.1080/15570274.2015.1075757
okr.identifier.report	102532
okr.journal.nbpages	12-22
okr.language.supported	en
okr.peerreview	Academic Peer Review
okr.relation.associatedurl	http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15570274.2015.1075757
okr.topic	Gender::Gender and Development
okr.topic	Gender::Gender and Social Policy
okr.topic	Social Protections and Labor::Labor Policies
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction::Inequality
okr.topic	Education::Education For All
okr.volume	13(3)
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