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The impact of eliminating primary school tuition fees on child marriage in sub-Saharan Africa: A quasi-experimental evaluation of policy changes in 8 countries

BACKGROUND: Child marriage harms girls’ health and hinders progress toward development goals. Randomized studies have shown that providing financial incentives for girls’ education can effectively delay marriage, but larger-scale interventions are needed in light of slow progress toward curbing the...

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Autores principales: Koski, Alissa, Strumpf, Erin C., Kaufman, Jay S., Frank, John, Heymann, Jody, Nandi, Arijit
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5967724/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29795648
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0197928