Can the law affect attitudes and behaviour in the absence of strict enforcement? Experimental evidence from a child marriage reform in Bangladesh

Amirapu, Amrit, Asadullah, M. Niaz, Wahhaj, Zaki (2025) Can the law affect attitudes and behaviour in the absence of strict enforcement? Experimental evidence from a child marriage reform in Bangladesh. The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, . Article Number ewaf003. (doi:10.1093/jleo/ewaf003) (KAR id:108630)

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/jleo/ewaf003

Item Type:	Article
DOI/Identification number:	10.1093/jleo/ewaf003
Uncontrolled keywords:	age of marriage, social norms, formal institutions, legal change
Subjects:	H Social Sciences
Institutional Unit:	Schools > School of Economics and Politics and International Relations > Economics
Former Institutional Unit:	Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Economics
Funders:	Department for International Development (https://ror.org/05rf29967)
Depositing User:	Amrit Amirapu
Date Deposited:	04 Feb 2025 13:21 UTC
Last Modified:	01 Aug 2025 08:17 UTC
Resource URI:	https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/108630 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Amirapu, Amrit.

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Wahhaj, Zaki.

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