Early marriage and early childbearing in West Africa: Does ethnicity matter?

Agnes Zabsonre and Maxime Agbo ()
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Maxime Agbo: School of Statistics, Planning and Demography, University of Parakou, Benin

Economics Bulletin, 2023, vol. 43, issue 1, 381 - 388

Abstract: Recently, Corno et al. (2020) show that aggregate adverse income shocks increase early marriage and early childbearing in sub-Saharan Africa. We argue that early marriage and early childbearing are two phenomenons that are mainly determined by ethnic groups with the strongest cultural norms and practices. In particular, we replicate their empirical results and show that the Fulani ethnic group which is widely dispersed across West Africa region strongly affects early marriage and early childbearing.

Keywords: Early marriage; early childbearing; drought; Fulani; West Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D1 J1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023-03-30
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