Legal Bans, Female Genital Cutting, and Education: Evidence from Senegal
研究了1999年塞内加尔禁止女性割礼的法律如何降低了该习俗的流行率，并增加了对女孩的教育投资，可能源于父母为弥补未割礼女性较低彩礼而转向教育投资。
Abstract A law that banned the practice of female genital cutting (FGC) in Senegal in 1999 reduced its prevalence and increased educational investments in girls. These results are not driven by mechanisms like health, broader changes in empowerment, or child marriage. Suggestive evidence indicates that results could be driven by some parents of future brides reacting to the increase in the cost of FGC caused by the law by abandoning this practice and investing in their daughter’s education to compensate for smaller bride prices among uncut women.