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ABSTRACT
This contribution relies on four different approaches and data sources to assess and discuss the impact of child marriage on secondary school enrollment and completion in Uganda. The four data sources are: (1) qualitative evidence on differences in community and parental preferences for the education of boys and girls and on the higher likelihood of girls to drop out of school in comparison to boys; (2) reasons declared by parents as to why their children have dropped out of school; (3) reasons declared by secondary school principals as to why students drop out; and (4) econometric estimation of the impact of child marriage on secondary school enrollment and completion. Together, the four approaches provide strong evidence that child marriage reduces secondary school enrollment and completion for girls with substantial implications for agency.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This paper was prepared for a research project on the economic cost of child marriage managed jointly by the International Center for Research on Women and the World Bank. The project benefits from generous support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Children Investment Fund Foundation. The opinions expressed in this paper are those of the authors only and need not represent the views of the World Bank, its Executive Directors, or the countries they represent, nor the views of the foundations that funded this work.
NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS
Quentin Wodon is Lead Economist in the Education Global Practice at the World Bank, where he currently leads work on equity and inclusion in education, out-of-school children, and child marriage. He holds graduate degrees in business engineering, economics, and philosophy and PhDs in Economics and in Theology and Religious Studies.
Minh Cong Nguyen is Economist in the Poverty Global Practice at the World Bank. His research focuses on household poverty, inequality, and human development, as well as firm entry and exit, growth and productivity, using both household and enterprise surveys. He holds a PhD in Economics.
Clarence Tsimpo is Economist in the Poverty Global Practice at the World Bank. He is finalizing a PhD in Economics from the University of Montreal and has 15 years of experience in policy research and dialogue on applied development economics, with a focus on poverty and social impact analysis.