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Sam Van Noort
Sam van Noort is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Cambridge, where he is supervised by Ha-Joon Chang (Faculty of Economics and Centre of Development Studies). His Ph.D. research focusses on the effect of State capacity on human- and economic development. He is also interested in the role of private property rights security in the process of economic development, and the effect of international trade on the manufacturing sector in developing countries. He received a B.Sc. in political science and a M.Sc. in quantitative research methodology from the University of Amsterdam.
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The power of enforcement: State capacity and child marriage in India
In an attempt to deter child marriage, a recent Supreme Court verdict has criminalised sexual relations between a man and minor wife. Worldwide, more than 700 million women alive today were married before their 18th birthday, and one in three child brides are in India. Analysing data from the India Human Development Survey, this article demonstrates that strong State capacity can play a significant role in reducing child marriage.
