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  "title": "Does Child Marriage Matter for Growth?",
  "publication": "IMF Working Papers, February 7, 2020",
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  "summary": "Global attention to ending child marriage and its socio-economic consequences is gaining momentum. Ending child marriage is not only critical from a development perspective but it also has important economic implications.",
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      "heading": "Summary",
      "content": "- The paper quantifies the relationship between child marriage and economic growth using a simultaneous equations model.\n- Eliminating child marriage would significantly improve economic growth: if child marriage were ended today, long-term annual per capita real GDP growth in emerging and developing countries would increase by 1.05 percentage points.\n- The analysis highlights strong interdependence between education and child marriage, with implications for policy prioritization in comprehensive strategies to end child marriage."
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      "heading": "Key findings",
      "content": "- Eliminating child marriage today → long-term annual per capita real GDP growth in emerging and developing countries increases by 1.05 percentage points.\n- Education and child marriage are strongly interdependent (the analysis provides insight on policy prioritization given this relationship)."
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      "heading": "Policy implications and recommendations",
      "content": "- Education policies and the budgets that support them should place greater emphasis on reducing child marriage, reflecting the strong interdependent relationship between education and child marriage.\n- Comprehensive strategies to end child marriage should prioritize interventions that leverage the interaction between education, health, human capital, and labor force participation."
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      "heading": "Research context and scope",
      "content": "- This paper is the first to quantify the child marriage–growth relationship using a simultaneous equations model.\n- Subject areas: Education, Government consumption, Health, Human capital, Labor force participation.\n- Keywords: child marriage, standard deviation, WP."
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      "content": "- Authors: Pritha Mitra, Eric M. Pondi Endengle, Malika Pant, Luiz F. Almeida\n- Date: February 7, 2020\n- Series: Working Paper No. 2020/027\n- Issue: 027\n- Pages: 26\n- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513528823.001\n- ISBN: 9781513528823\n- ISSN: 1018-5941\n\nSource: IMF Working Papers — \"Does Child Marriage Matter for Growth?\"\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- Working Paper\n  - Working Paper (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - Working Paper (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2020/02/08/does-child-marriage-matter-for-growth-49011"
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    "Authors: Pritha Mitra, Eric M. Pondi Endengle, Malika Pant, Luiz F. Almeida",
    "Published: February 7, 2020",
    "Series: IMF Working Papers",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513528823.001",
    "The paper quantifies the relationship between child marriage and economic growth using a simultaneous equations model.",
    "Eliminating child marriage would significantly improve economic growth: if child marriage were ended today, long-term annual per capita real GDP growth in emerging and developing countries would increase by 1.05 percentage points.",
    "The analysis highlights strong interdependence between education and child marriage, with implications for policy prioritization in comprehensive strategies to end child marriage.",
    "Eliminating child marriage today → long-term annual per capita real GDP growth in emerging and developing countries increases by 1.05 percentage points.",
    "Education and child marriage are strongly interdependent (the analysis provides insight on policy prioritization given this relationship).",
    "Education policies and the budgets that support them should place greater emphasis on reducing child marriage, reflecting the strong interdependent relationship between education and child marriage.",
    "Comprehensive strategies to end child marriage should prioritize interventions that leverage the interaction between education, health, human capital, and labor force participation.",
    "This paper is the first to quantify the child marriage–growth relationship using a simultaneous equations model.",
    "Subject areas: Education, Government consumption, Health, Human capital, Labor force participation.",
    "Keywords: child marriage, standard deviation, WP.",
    "Authors: Pritha Mitra, Eric M. Pondi Endengle, Malika Pant, Luiz F. Almeida",
    "Date: February 7, 2020",
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    "Issue: 027",
    "Pages: 26",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513528823.001",
    "ISBN: 9781513528823",
    "ISSN: 1018-5941",
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