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

Introduction, Summary, and Policy Recommendations

Submitted by Luat Do on
EfD Authors:
Nam, Pham Khanh

This chapter introduces the book on Vietnam's economic development from 1990 to 2023. It provides an overview of how Vietnam has grown into a strong economy in Southeast Asia through investments in education, health, and infrastructure. The chapter summarizes the main points from the other chapters in the book, which discuss various topics like agriculture, energy, finance, industry, economic development, and productivity. It highlights key findings and challenges, such as dealing with climate change, reducing income inequality, and promoting sustainable development.

Book Chapter
Policy Design

Impact of environmental, social and governance practices on financial performance: evidence from listed companies in Southeast Asia

Submitted by Luat Do on
EfD Authors:
Loan, Le Thanh

This study investigates the impact of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) score on the financial performance of listed companies in the Southeast Asia. The study contributes to the existing literature in providing an empirical evidence for a regional analysis in developing countries, particularly in Southeast Asia and extending the existing models by incorporating macroeconomic and COVID-19 variables.

Peer Reviewed
Covid-19, Policy Design

Estimating public and private sectors' union wage effects in Ghana: is there a disparity?

Submitted by Manuela Fonseca on
EfD Authors:
Twumasi Baffour, Priscilla

PurposeThis study seeks to estimate union wage effect in the public and private sectors of Ghana, respectively. It also seeks to ascertain whether the union wage effect in the two sectors varies.Design/methodology/approachThe authors use data from the Ghana Living Standards Survey 6 (GLSS 6, 2012/2013) and Ghana Labour Force Survey (GLFS, 2015).

Peer Reviewed
Policy Design

Analysis of fiscal policy, informality, and economic growth nexus in Nigeria

Submitted by Agha Inya on
EfD Authors:
Nwosu, O. Emmanuel

This study investigates the impact of fiscal policy on the informal sector and economic growth in Nigeria. In this study, fiscal policy is unbundled into two distinctive categories: government spending and tax burden. The study adopted the ARDL model and bound cointegration test to ascertain whether there is evidence of long- or short-run equilibrium relationships among the core variables. The results show that government expenditure has a positive and significant effect on the size of Nigeria’s informal sector.

Peer Reviewed
Policy Design
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