女学生，而非新娘：教育作为抵御童婚的屏障
Schoolgirls, Not Brides: Education as a Shield against Child Marriage
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics · 2024 · [{"name": "Hélène Giacobino", "affiliation": ["Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab"]}, {"name": "Élise Huillery", "affiliation": ["Université Paris Sciences et Lettres", "Université Paris Dauphine-PSL"]}, {"name": "Bastien Michel", "affiliation": ["Nantes Université"]}, {"name": "Mathilde Sage", "affiliation": ["Université Paris Sciences et Lettres", "Université Paris Dauphine-PSL"]}]
中文摘要
我们研究了一项基于奖学金、旨在通过促进尼日尔青春期女孩接受中学教育以减少童婚的干预措施的影响。利用一项大规模随机对照试验，我们发现，在实施三年后，该干预产生了巨大且积极的效果：辍学率和结婚率均减半，女孩及其父母的期望也有所提高。重要的是，该干预并未对未参与项目的女孩的教育和婚姻状况产生不利的替代效应。我们的研究结果表明，教育资助具有改变青春期女孩生活的潜力。(JEL I21, I28, J13, J16, O15)
Abstract
We study the impact of a scholarship-based intervention aimed to reduce child marriage by fostering secondary education among adolescent girls in Niger. Using a large-scale randomized controlled trial, we find that after three years of implementation, the intervention led to large and positive effects. It halved both dropout and marriage rates and increased girls' and their parents' aspirations. Importantly, there is no displacement effect detrimental to the education and marriage status of nontreatment girls. Our results show that financial aid for education has the potential to transform adolescent girls' lives. (JEL I21, I28, J13, J16, O15)