Labour market outcomes and child marriage: Evidence from BRAC's skills training programme

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dc.contributor.authorRahman, Atiya
dc.contributor.authorBhattacharjee, Anindita
dc.contributor.authorRahman, Rehnuma
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-29T09:48:35Z
dc.date.available2024-05-29T09:48:35Z
dc.date.issued2023-05
dc.descriptionThis article was published in The Bangladesh Development Studies [©2023 Rights managed by BIDS] and the definite version is available at: https://doi.org/10.57138/FFAC8708 The Article's website is at: https://bids.org.bd/page/journal/?rid=1330&vstatus=bds&vissue=current
dc.description.abstractInadequate employment opportunities and child marriage are major challenges for female adolescents in many developing countries. Using panel data on a group of 14-18-year-old Bangladeshi adolescents receiving vocational skills training from BRAC and a group of non-participants, this paper analyses the impact of skills training on labour supply, earnings, and child marriage. The intervention is found to significantly increase adolescents' labour market participation and income, with the impacts being higher for girls. It also significantly reduces the possibility of female adolescents being married off before the minimum legal age, indicating that labour market participation is likely to reduce child marriage among them.
dc.identifier.otherhttps://dspace.bracu.ac.bd/server/api/core/items/79cd7465-5d11-4f46-8325-a7dbb6fdff11
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10361/23004
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherBangladesh Institute of Development Studies
dc.sourceBRAC University Institutional Repository
dc.subjectSkills training
dc.subjectAdolescent development
dc.subjectPanel data
dc.subjectLabour market participation
dc.subjectChild marriage
dc.titleLabour market outcomes and child marriage: Evidence from BRAC's skills training programme
dc.typeJournal article

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