Valente, Christine2012-03-192012-03-192011-07-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/3504Between 1996 and 2006, Nepal experienced violent civil conflict as a consequence of a Maoist insurgency, which many argue also brought about an increase in female empowerment. This paper exploits within and between-district variation in the intensity of violence to estimate the impact of conflict intensity on two key areas of the life of women in Nepal, namely education and marriage. Overall conflict intensity had a small, positive effect on female educational attainment, whereas abductions by Maoists had the reverse effect. Male schooling was not significantly affected by either conflict measure. Conflict intensity and Maoist abductions during school age both increased the probability of early female marriage, but exposure to conflict during marriageable age does not appear to have affected women's long-term marriage probability.CC BY 3.0 IGOAGE AT MARRIAGEALCOHOLISMARMED CONFLICTAUTONOMY OF WOMENAVERAGE EDUCATION LEVELBATTLEBLOCKADEBOMBINGBOMBINGSCENTER FOR POPULATIONCHILD HEALTHCHILD LABORCHILD MORTALITYCITIZENSCIVIL CONFLICTCIVIL WARCIVIL WARSCOMPARATIVE EDUCATIONCOMPLETION RATECONFLICT CHARACTERISTICSCONFLICT RESEARCHCONFLICT RESOLUTIONCONFLICTSCOUNTERFACTUALCOUNTERPARTSCULTURAL CHANGEDEATHSDEMOCRACYDEMOGRAPHIC CHANGESDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPMENT POLICYDISCRIMINATIONDISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMENDOMESTIC VIOLENCEDROUGHTEARLY MARRIAGEEARLY MARRIAGESECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC SHOCKSEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTEDUCATIONAL OUTCOMESEFFECT ON POPULATION GROWTHELECTIONSENROLLMENTENROLLMENT RATESETHNIC GROUPSFACT SHEETFAMILY FORMATIONFAMILY HEALTHFAMILY HEALTH DIVISIONFAMILY PLANNINGFAMILY RESOURCESFEMALE EDUCATIONFEMALE EMPOWERMENTFEMALE ENROLLMENTFEMALE PARTICIPATIONFEMALE PRIMARY ATTAINMENTFEMALE SCHOOLINGFERTILITYFERTILITY DECLINEFEWER WOMENFEWER YEARS OF EDUCATIONFIGHTINGFIRST BIRTHFORCED MIGRATIONGENDER EQUALITYGENDER INEQUALITYGENOCIDEGIRLSHOUSEHOLD HEADHOUSEHOLD INCOMEHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN RIGHTSHUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONSHUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCEHUSBANDSIDEASIMPACT OF CONFLICTIMPACT ON CHILDRENINDIVIDUAL DECISIONSINDIVIDUAL MEMBERSINFERIOR POSITIONINTERNATIONAL AFFAIRSINTERNATIONAL BANKINTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTLABOR MARKETLAND REDISTRIBUTIONLIFE EXPECTANCYLIVING STANDARDSLOCAL GOVERNMENTSMARITAL STATUSMARRIED WOMENMIGRATIONMIGRATION DATAMINISTRY OF HEALTHMORTALITYNATIONAL LEVELNATIONSOLD MENOPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMENPARENTSPEACEPEACE RESEARCHPHYSICAL INTEGRITYPLACE OF RESIDENCEPOLICEPOLICY DISCUSSIONSPOLICY RESEARCHPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPERPOLITICAL INSTABILITYPOLITICAL PARTICIPATIONPOLITICAL PARTIESPOLITICAL VIOLENCEPOLYGAMYPOPULATION CENSUSPOPULATION GROWTHPOPULATION RESEARCHPOPULATION STUDIESPOST-PRIMARY EDUCATIONPOVERTY LINEPOVERTY REDUCTIONPRIMARY COMPLETIONPRIMARY COMPLETION RATEPRIMARY COMPLETION RATESPRIMARY EDUCATIONPRIMARY SCHOOLPRIMARY SCHOOL AGEPRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPRIMARY SCHOOLINGPRIVATE SCHOOLINGPRIVATE SCHOOLSPROGRESSRAPERAPE VICTIMSREBELREBELSRECONSTRUCTIONREFUGEEREGIONAL DIFFERENCESRELIGIOUS GROUPSREMITTANCESRESPECTRETURNS TO EDUCATIONRURALSCHOOL AGESCHOOL CHILDRENSCHOOLSSECONDARY EDUCATIONSECONDARY SCHOOLINGSECURITY FORCESSEXUAL VIOLENCESOCIAL CHANGESOCIETYSPOUSESTEACHERSTEENAGERSTEENSTORTUREUNESCOURBAN AREASVIOLENT CONFLICTWARWARFAREWARSWOMANYOUNG AGEYOUNG CHILDRENYOUTHWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-5741