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On the impact of early marriage on schooling outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa and South West Asia
Resource type
Journal Article
Authors/contributors
- Delprato, Marcos (Author)
- Akyeampong, Kwame (Author)
- Sabates, Ricardo (Author)
- Hernandez-Fernandez, Jimena (Author)
Title
On the impact of early marriage on schooling outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa and South West Asia
Abstract
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.
Publication
International Journal of Educational Development
Volume
44
Pages
42-55
Date
2015-09-01
Journal Abbr
International Journal of Educational Development
Language
en
ISSN
0738-0593
Accessed
07/01/2023, 20:45
Library Catalogue
ScienceDirect
Citation
Delprato, M., Akyeampong, K., Sabates, R., & Hernandez-Fernandez, J. (2015). On the impact of early marriage on schooling outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa and South West Asia. International Journal of Educational Development, 44, 42–55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedudev.2015.06.001
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