Age at Marriage and Women's Labour Market Outcomes in India

Submitted by Tanay Ray Bhatt on
EfD Authors:
Dhamija, Gaurav

We examine the relationship between women's age at marriage and their labour market outcomes using nationally representative household data from India. Employing an instrumental variable‐based empirical strategy, we find that a delay in women's age at marriage has no significant causal effect on their labour market outcomes. This is despite marriage delay being associated with higher education, lower fertility and (possibly) higher dowry for Indian women. We argue that this might be because older brides, as compared with younger brides, face more backlash from their partners.

Peer Reviewed
Gender

Training and technical support on adaptation to salinity intrusion could enhance food security

Submitted by Petra Hansson on
EfD Authors:
Hoa, Dang Le
Nam, Pham Khanh

 

Research questions: How does salinity intrusion affect agricultural production and food security and how are male and female farmers different in those impacts?

Key Messages 

  • Climate change, extreme climate events, and recent salinity intrusion are growing concerns for the Mekong Delta in Vietnam. 

  • It is important to control soil salinity through drainage and water management practices to avoid loss of production. 

Research Brief
Agriculture, Gender, Policy Design

Gender differences in spending on information and communication technology and transport fuel intensity: Evidence from Ghana

Submitted by Vicentia Quartey on
EfD Authors:
Vondolia, Godwin

This study estimated the effects of spending on information and communication technology (ICT) on transport fuel intensity and examined how the effects of gender on transport fuel intensity depend on spending on ICT in expanding economies. It applied restricted dependent binary logistic regression to the Ghana Living Standards Survey of 14,009 households disaggregated into 4366 women’s and 9643 men’s households, respectively.

Peer Reviewed
Gender

Documenting the Perspectives of Sub-Saharan African Policy Makers, Researchers, and Activists on the Reproductive Rights, Population Dynamics, and Environmental Sustainability Nexus

Submitted by Vicentia Quartey on
EfD Authors:
Owoo, Nkechi S.

While high fertility levels in sub-Saharan Africa pose multiple challenges for economic, social, and environmental prospects, the perspectives of actors from this region have not been well documented.

Peer Reviewed
Health
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