Causal effect of school-entry age on long-run family formation: Quasi-experimental evidence from 14 million individuals in Vietnam

< 0.001, 95% CI: 0.3-0.5) to experience the death of a child. Decomposition analyses suggest that incapacitation mechanisms may play a larger role in shaping family formation outcomes than human capital pathways. These findings demonstrate how subtle shifts in early institutional timing can have profound and enduring impacts, with implications for education, health, and social policy globally.

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PNAS Nexus
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2026-04-10
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https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgag119
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Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
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Causal effect of school-entry age on long-run family formation: Quasi-experimental evidence from 14 million individuals in Vietnam

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Causal effect of school-entry age on long-run family formation: Quasi-experimental evidence from 14 million individuals in Vietnam

Janny Liao, Vu Hoang Dat, Tam Ngo Minh Tran, Jan‐Walter De Neve, Ishaan Busireddy
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< 0.001, 95% CI: 0.3-0.5) to experience the death of a child. Decomposition analyses suggest that incapacitation mechanisms may play a larger role in shaping family formation outcomes than human capital pathways. These findings demonstrate how subtle shifts in early institutional timing can have profound and enduring impacts, with implications for education, health, and social policy globally.

PNAS NexusVol. 5(5)
Joint Commission (US), Global Environment Facility (US), Heidelberg University (DE), San Diego State University (US), Harvard University Press (US), University Hospital Heidelberg (DE), Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VN), Stanford University (US)
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