Extreme Flooding worsens Early Marriage & Early Motherhood
Monsoon rains can cause enormous damage. Extreme …
ROCKING OUR PRIORS · Dr Alice Evans
August 16, 20235m 13s
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Show Notes
Monsoon rains can cause enormous damage. Extreme floods are becoming more frequent, alongside global warming.
Extreme flooding may increase early marriage and early childbirth, while lowering schooling. This comes from an important new paper in the Journal of Population Economics, by Madhulika Khanna and Nishtha Kochhar.
Paper link: https://link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007/s00148-023-00955-z?sharing_token=ZikcGqicftAq-ywgduXnXfe4RwlQNchNByi7wbcMAY6wF4GChhXkhRp_0NqzxJpmqSt-4RTpTB1Ap11SZymZWN3bLZbUZHz-NkFkEQksvsU1gZxPGabUegWSbc5DKPaExzPX4gE80q-1LPzd4EBgVt899muxWk1PcCOpWEbgkeo=