One of the development problems that still occurs in Indonesia is high number child marriages. From average figure 9.23 percent 2021, it has to be lowered achieve target 8.74 2024. This paper aims look at marriages per province Indonesia, because impact on labor, not completing school, as well policy implications. The results obtained from literature study show 2021 there are 22 provinces have ...

For girls and women, marriage under 18 years is commonplace in many low-income nations today was culturally widespread historically. Global health campaigns refer to below this threshold as ‘child marriage’ increasingly aim for its universal eradication, citing apparent negative wellbeing consequences. Here, we outline evaluate four alternative hypotheses the persistence of early marriage, desp...

Abstract This study assesses the causal effect of child marriage on infant mortality. Using age discontinuities in exposure to a law that raised legal for women Ethiopia, estimates 1-year delay woman’s at cohabitation during her teenage years reduces probability first-born dying infancy by 3.8 percentage points. impact is closely linked delaying women’s first birth.