The impact of eliminating primary school tuition fees on child marriage in sub-Saharan Africa: A quasi-experimental evaluation of policy changes in 8 countries

Child marriage harms girls' health and hinders progress toward development goals. Randomized studies have shown that providing financial incentives for girls' education can effectively delay marriage, but larger-scale interventions are needed in light of slow progress toward curbing the pr...

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Published in:	PloS one 2018-05, Vol.13 (5), p.e0197928
Main Authors:	Koski, Alissa, Strumpf, Erin C., Kaufman, Jay S., Frank, John, Heymann, Jody, Nandi, Arijit
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Africa South of the Sahara Age Analysis Child Child marriage Children Children & youth Cohort analysis Costs Demographics Economic incentives Economics Education Education policy Empowerment Enrollments Epidemiology Fees & charges Fees and Charges - legislation & jurisprudence Female Girls Heterogeneity Humans Incentives Internet Longitudinal Studies Low income groups Marriage Marriage - legislation & jurisprudence Marriage - statistics & numerical data Non-Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic Occupational health People and Places Population Dynamics Public health Quasi-experimental methods Research and Analysis Methods Rural Population Schools Social Sciences Socioeconomic Factors Statistical analysis Subsidies Sustainable development Systematic review Teenagers Young Adult Young adults
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