CONTEXT In Nepal, marriage occurs at a relatively young age and arranged weddings are widespread. However, recent changes in the family formation process and the timing of first sexual intercourse suggest that a transformation may be under way. METHODS Data on marriage, cohabitation and first sexual intercourse from the 2001 Nepalese Demographic and Health Survey were used to describe the fam...

This article bridges scholarship in criminology and family sociology by extending arguments about "precocious exits" from adolescence to consider early union formation as a salient outcome of violent victimization for youths. Research indicates that early union formation is associated with several negative outcomes; yet the absence of attention to union formation as a consequence of violent vic...

Increased education affects market and non-market outcomes. This paper investigates the causal impact of extension compulsory from 6 to 9 years on females’ education, marriage, fertility outcomes in Thailand. Using data Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) a donut-hole Regression Discontinuity (RD) design, we show that new law increases lower secondary school completion girls, leading decre...