TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Le, Dung D.
AU  - Molina, Teresa
AU  - Ibuka, Yoko
AU  - Goto, Rei
        TI  - The Intergenerational Health Effects of Child Marriage Bans
        PY  - 2024/Jun/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 17089
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp17089
        AB  - Using data from 18 countries, we investigate the effects of child marriage bans on infant and under-5 mortality. We use variation in mothers' exposure to the ban across cohorts within each country and regional variation in "treatment intensity," calculated based on child marriage prevalence and marriage age prior to the ban. We find that child marriage bans reduced infant and under-5 mortality, with magnitudes of 14.3 and 19.9 percent corresponding to a one standard deviation change in treatment intensity. Reductions were driven by low-income countries and less wealthy households, primarily due to increases in age at first marriage and birth.
        KW  - child marriage bans
KW  - early marriage
KW  - child mortality
KW  - Demographic and Health Surveys
        ER  -