Field, EricaConnolly, Michelle PZhong, Stephanie2018-06-152018-06-152018-04https://hdl.handle.net/10161/17164Early marriage before the age of 18 is prevalent among adolescent girls in Bangladesh, but the timing of marriage is not uniform across daughters within a household, with some sisters marrying earlier than others. Using survey data from a novel field experiment from rural Bangladesh, I find that girls ages 10-21 with lower birth order tend to be married at a younger age, even when controlling for confounding nature of household size on birth order. Additionally, girls with younger sisters are more likely to be married and at a younger age than girls with younger brothers. The findings on dowry are inclusive.en-USBirth orderMarriageHousehold allocationHonors thesis