Natural disasters causing economic destruction can increase child marriages â study
Natural disasters causing economic destruction can increase child marriages â study
In order to establish a causal relationship between natural disasters and child marriage, the researchers studied the 2008 Kosi floods in Bihar.
Kairvy Grewal 22 December, 2020 1:36 pm IST Text Size:
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New Delhi: A case study attempting to explore the link between child marriages and natural disasters in India has concluded that such disasters, which lead to economic destruction, could increase the prevalence of child marriage.Â
The study was published in the Social Science Research Network on 21 December. It was conducted by Madhulika Khanna and Nishtha Kochhar, who are both PhD candidates in the Department of Economics at Georgetown University.Â