Browsing by Subject "Birth order; Marriage; Household allocation"

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Sister competition and birth order effects among marriage-aged girls: Evidence from a field experiment in rural Bangladesh

Zhong, Stephanie (2018-04)

Early 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 ...