BENEFIT-COST ANALYSIS CHILD MARRIAGE Analysis of education interventions to address child marriage in RAJASTHAN Authors Reena Mithal Managing Partner Sankhya Capital LLC Sector Experts Shobhita Rajagopal Associate Professor IDS Jaipur © 2018 Copenhagen Consensus Center [email protected] www.copenhagenconsensus.com This work has been produced as a part of the Rajasthan Priorities project under the larger, India Consensus project. This project is undertaken in partnership with Tata Trusts. Some rights reserved This work is available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0). Under the Creative Commons Attribution license, you are free to copy, distribute, transmit, and adapt this work, including for commercial purposes, under the following conditions: Attribution Please cite the work as follows: #AUTHOR NAME#, #PAPER TITLE#, Rajasthan Priorities, Copenhagen Consensus Center, 2017. License: Creative Commons Attribution CC BY 4.0. 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Mithal, PhD Managing Partner Sankhya Capital LLC Working paper as of 21 March, 2018 ACADEMIC ABSTRACT .............................................................................................................................................. 1 POLICY ABSTRACT .................................................................................................................................................... 2 THE PROBLEM ................................................................................................................................................................ 2 EXISTING INITIATIVES ....................................................................................................................................................... 2 INTERVENTION 1: CONDITIONAL BICYCLE TRANSFERS FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL GIRLS ................................................................ 4 Overview ................................................................................................................................................................ 4 Implementation Considerations ........................................................................................................................... 5 Costs and Benefits ................................................................................................................................................. 5 INTERVENTION 2: CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFER FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL GIRLS ..................................................................... 7 Overview ................................................................................................................................................................ 7 Implementation Considerations ........................................................................................................................... 7 Costs and Benefits ................................................................................................................................................. 7 INTERVENTION 3: PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF GIRLS’ TOILETS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS ................................................. 8 Overview ................................................................................................................................................................ 8 Implementation Considerations ........................................................................................................................... 9 Costs and Benefits ................................................................................................................................................. 9 INTERVENTION 4: VOCATIONAL TRAINING (TAILORING) FOR 1MM GIRLS AGE 16 AND ABOVE.................................................. 10 Overview .............................................................................................................................................................. 10 Implementation Considerations ......................................................................................................................... 10 Costs and Benefits ............................................................................................................................................... 11 BCR TABLE .................................................................................................................................................................. 12 1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................. 12 1.1 LITERATURE REVIEW ........................................................................................................................................ 17 1.2 SOCIAL COSTS OF CHILD MARRIAGE................................................................................................................. 21 1.2.1 DETERMINING THE SOCIAL BENEFIT OF AVOIDING CHILD MARRIAGE FROM THE INTERVENTIONS ..................................... 27 2. CONDITIONAL BICYCLE TRANSFERS FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL GIRLS ................................................................. 29 2.1 DESCRIPTION OF INTERVENTION ................................................................................................................................ 29 2.2 DATA .................................................................................................................................................................... 29 2.3 LITERATURE REVIEW................................................................................................................................................ 30 2.4 CALCULATION OF COSTS AND BENEFITS ...................................................................................................................... 30 2.5 ASSESSMENT OF QUALITY OF EVIDENCE AND SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS ................................................................................ 32 3. CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFER FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL GIRLS ....................................................................... 32 3.1 DESCRIPTION OF INTERVENTION ................................................................................................................................ 32 3.2 DATA .................................................................................................................................................................... 33 3.3 LITERATURE REVIEW................................................................................................................................................ 33 3.4 CALCULATION OF COSTS AND BENEFITS ...................................................................................................................... 33 3.5 ASSESSMENT OF QUALITY OF EVIDENCE AND SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS ................................................................................ 34 4. PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF GIRLS’ TOILETS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS................................................... 35 4.1 DESCRIPTION OF INTERVENTION ................................................................................................................................ 35 4.2 DATA .................................................................................................................................................................... 35 4.3 LITERATURE REVIEW................................................................................................................................................ 35 4.4 CALCULATION OF COSTS AND BENEFITS ...................................................................................................................... 36 4.5 ASSESSMENT OF QUALITY OF EVIDENCE AND SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS ................................................................................ 38 5. VOCATIONAL TRAINING ..................................................................................................................................... 38 5.1 DESCRIPTION OF INTERVENTION ................................................................................................................................ 38 5.2 LITERATURE REVIEW................................................................................................................................................ 38 5.3 CALCULATION OF COSTS AND BENEFITS ...................................................................................................................... 39 5.4 ASSESSMENT OF QUALITY OF EVIDENCE AND SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS ................................................................................ 40 6. EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES: FUTURE PATH ................................................................................................. 40 7. CONCLUSION ..................................................................................................................................................... 42 6. REFERENCES .....................................................................................................................................................