Valente, Christine2013-09-042013-09-042013-05https://hdl.handle.net/10986/15556Between 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 variations in exposure to conflict by birth cohort, survey date, and district to estimate the impact of the insurgency on education outcomes. Overall conflict intensity, measured by conflict casualties, is associated with an increase in female educational attainment, whereas abductions by Maoists, which often targeted school children, have the reverse effect. Male schooling tended to increase more rapidly in areas where the fighting was more intense, but the estimates are smaller in magnitude and more sensitive to specification than estimates for females. Similar results are obtained across different specifications, and robustness checks indicate that these findings are not due to selective migration.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOABILITY OF CHILDRENACADEMIC STUDIESACCESS TO SCHOOLINGADULT POPULATIONALCOHOLISMARMED CONFLICTBULLETINCAPACITY BUILDINGCHILD HEALTHCHILD LABORCHILD MORTALITYCHILD SOLDIERSCIVIL CONFLICTCIVIL WARCOGNITIVE SKILLSCOMBATANTSCOMPLETION RATESCONFLICT RESEARCHCONFLICT RESOLUTIONCONFLICTSDEATHSDEMOCRACYDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPMENT POLICYDIVORCEDOMESTIC VIOLENCEECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC GROWTHEDUCATION ATTAINMENTEDUCATION DATAEDUCATION OF CHILDRENEDUCATION OUTCOMESEDUCATION PROGRAMSEDUCATION SERVICESEDUCATION SYSTEMSEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTEDUCATIONAL OUTCOMESELECTIONSENROLLMENTETHNIC GROUPSFACT SHEETFAMILY HEALTHFAMILY HEALTH DIVISIONFEMALE EDUCATIONFEMALE EMPOWERMENTFEMALE LABOR FORCEFEMALE SCHOOLINGFEWER YEARS OF EDUCATIONFIGHTINGGENDER EQUALITYGENDER INEQUALITYGENOCIDEGIRLSHEALTH WORKERSHIGHER EDUCATIONHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN RIGHTSHUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONSHUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCEHUSBANDSIDEASIMPACT OF CONFLICTIMPACT ON CHILDRENINTERNATIONAL BANKINTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTLABOR MARKETLEADERSHIPLEARNINGLEVEL OF DEVELOPMENTLIFE EXPECTANCYLOCAL GOVERNMENTSMAJORITY OF CHILDRENMIGRANTMIGRANTSMIGRATIONMIGRATION DATAMINISTRY OF HEALTHMOTHERNATIONSNUMBER OF WOMENOLD-AGEOPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMENPARENTSPEACEPEACE RESEARCHPENSIONSPLACE OF RESIDENCEPOLICEPOLICY DISCUSSIONSPOLICY RESEARCHPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPERPOLITICAL INSTABILITYPOLITICAL PARTICIPATIONPOLITICAL PARTIESPOLITICAL VIOLENCEPOLYGAMYPOPULATION CENSUSPRIMARY COMPLETIONPRIMARY COMPLETION RATEPRIMARY COMPLETION RATESPRIMARY EDUCATIONPRIMARY EDUCATION COMPLETIONPRIMARY EDUCATION SYSTEMSPRIMARY SCHOOLPRIMARY SCHOOL AGEPRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPRIMARY SCHOOLINGPROGRESSPUBLIC SERVICEQUALITY OF EDUCATIONRECONSTRUCTIONREFUGEEREMITTANCESREPRODUCTIVE AGERESOURCE ALLOCATIONRESPECTRETURNS TO EDUCATIONRURAL EDUCATIONSCHOOL CHILDRENSCHOOL TEACHERSSCHOOLINGSCHOOLING OF GIRLSSCHOOLSSECONDARY EDUCATIONSECONDARY SCHOOLINGSECURITY FORCESSERVICE DELIVERYSERVICE PROVISIONSOCIAL CHANGESOCIETYSOCIOECONOMIC STATUSTEACHERTEACHER ABSENTEEISMTEACHERSTRADITIONAL APPROACHUNESCOVIOLENT CONFLICTWARWARFAREYOUNG AGEYOUNG GIRLSYOUTHWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-6468