Conflict and Girl Child Marriage: Global Evidence

Caroline Krafft, Diana Jimena Arango (), Amalia Hadas Rubin () and Jocelyn Kelly ()
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Diana Jimena Arango: World Bank Group
Amalia Hadas Rubin: International Republican Institute
Jocelyn Kelly: Harvard Humanitarian Initiative

Population Research and Policy Review, 2024, vol. 43, issue 4, No 14, 26 pages

Abstract: Abstract Child marriage has lasting negative health, human capital, and welfare consequences. Conflict settings are characterized by a number of complex changes that can potentially increase the risk of child marriage, but there has been limited population-based research directly estimating the relationship between conflict and child marriage. Using data from 19 conflict-affected countries, this paper estimates the relationship between conflict and child marriage. It identifies the relationship based on variation over space and time in conflict intensity. The findings are mixed; in some countries conflict is associated with an increase in child marriage, in others it is associated with a decrease in child marriage, and in some cases there is not a statistically significant relationship. These findings underscore how efforts to reduce child marriage need to consider conflict as a potential risk factor, but also one that is likely to interact with local economic, social, and demographic environments.

Keywords: Conflict; Child marriage; Humanitarian settings; Gender-based violence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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