Inadequate employment opportunities and child marriage are major challenges for female adolescents in many developing countries. Using panel data on a group of 14-18-year-old Bangladeshi adolescents receiving vocational skills training from BRAC and a group of non-participants, this paper analyses the impact of skills training on labour supply, earnings, and child marriage. The intervention is found to significantly increase adolescents' labour market participation and income, with the impacts being higher for girls. It also significantly reduces the possibility of female adolescents being married off before the minimum legal age, indicating that labour market participation is likely to reduce child marriage among them.  

DOI: https://doi.org/10.57138/FFAC8708

Date of Publication 

May 2023

Keywords

Skills Training, Adolescent Development, Panel Data, Labour Market Participation, Child Marriage

JEL Classification Code

J12, J13, J24

Recommended Citation

Rahman, A., Bhattacharjee, A., & Rahman, R. (2021). Labour Market Outcomes and Child Marriage. The Bangladesh Development Studies, 44(3/4), 57-80. https://doi.org/10.57138/FFAC8708