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Will You Marry Me, Later?

Age-of-Marriage Laws and Child Marriage in Mexico

View ORCID ProfileCristina Bellés-Obrero and View ORCID ProfileMaría Lombardi
Journal of Human Resources, January 2023, 58 (1) 221-259; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.58.3.1219-10621R2
Cristina Bellés-Obrero
Cristina Bellés-Obrero is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Economics at the University of Mannheim ().
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María Lombardi is an Assistant Professor in the School of Government at Universidad Torcuato Di Tella.
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vol. 58 no. 1 221-259
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https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.58.3.1219-10621R2
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0022-166X
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1548-8004
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  • Received December 1, 2019
  • Accepted October 1, 2020
  • Published online January 3, 2023.

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  1. Cristina Bellés-Obrero and
  2. María Lombardi
  1. Cristina Bellés-Obrero is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Economics at the University of Mannheim (cbelleso{at}mail.uni-mannheim.de).
  2. María Lombardi is an Assistant Professor in the School of Government at Universidad Torcuato Di Tella.
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    • I. Introduction
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