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

Harnessing the Biodiversity Economy in the Great Limpopo TFCA to Promote Inclusive Livelihoods, Poverty Reduction, and Gender Equality

Submitted by Meseret Birhan… on
EfD Authors:
Ntuli, Herbert
Muchapondwa, Edwin
Okumu, Boscow
Tibesigwa, Byela
Tibanywana, Julieth Julius
Chikumbi, Lydia

Key Messages

The success of Transfrontier Conservation Areas (TFCAs) like the GLTFCA depends on addressing deep-rooted socio-economic and institutional challenges that drive communities toward unsustainable and illicit resource use. Low education levels, weak governance, limited livelihood options, and human-wildlife conflict continue to undermine conservation and development objectives, particularly for vulnerable and female-headed households.
 

Research Brief
Biodiversity, Gender

Gendered access to cooking energy solutions under multi-tier frameworks and its welfare effects in Zambia

Submitted by Josh Gray on
EfD Authors:
Chishimba, Sydney
Muchapondwa, Edwin

Having a modern cooking stove at the household level provides an incomplete measure of cooking energy access. This limitation has necessitated the introduction of a multi-tier framework (MTF) to provide a more nuanced assessment. Thus, this study examines the overall, gendered, and rural-urban effects of cooking energy access under the MTF on health and time allocation to various household activities.

Peer Reviewed
Gender, Policy Design

Trade, gender equality and institutional quality: Evidence from the gravitational approach

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

Purpose
The contributions of gender equality to trade and the moderating impact of institutional quality on the trade-gender link have been understudied in contemporary literature. Therefore, this paper aims to use the augmented gravity model to investigate the impacts of gender equality and institutional quality on trade, and the moderating impact of institutional quality on the trade-gender link.

Peer Reviewed
Gender, Policy Design
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