Schooling, Violent Conflict, and Gender in Burundi

This paper investigates the effect of exposure to violent conflict on human capital accumulation in Burundi. It combines a nationwide household survey with secondary sources on the location and timing of the conflict. Only 20 percent of the birth c...

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Main Authors: Van Bavel, Jan, Verwimp, Philip
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:
IMF
NEO
SEX
WAR
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/04/17615182/schooling-violent-conflict-gender-burundi
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spelling okr-10986-155612021-04-23T14:03:19Z Schooling, Violent Conflict, and Gender in Burundi Van Bavel, Jan Verwimp, Philip ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO MARKETS ADEQUATE NUTRITION ADULT MORTALITY AGE AT MARRIAGE AGRICULTURAL SHOCKS ARMED CONFLICT BATTLES BOMBING BOMBINGS CAPACITY BUILDING CHILD LABOR CHILD SOLDIERS CIVIL CONFLICT CIVIL WAR CIVIL WARS COMPLETION RATE CONFLICTS DEATHS DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISEASES DISPLACEMENT CAMP DISPLACEMENT CAMPS DROUGHT EARLY CHILDHOOD EARLY ONSET ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC SHOCKS EDUCATION DATA EDUCATION FOR ALL EDUCATION OF CHILDREN EDUCATION SECTOR EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL PLANNING ELECTIONS EXPERIENCED VIOLENCE EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE FAMINE FARMERS FEMALE ENROLLMENT FERTILITY FERTILITY DECLINE FIGHTING FIRST BIRTH FOOD CROPS FORMAL EDUCATION FUTURE GENERATIONS GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER GAP GENDER GAP IN PRIMARY GENDER INEQUALITIES GENDER PARITY GENDER PARITY INDEX GENDER ROLES GENOCIDE GROSS ENROLLMENT GROSS ENROLLMENT RATE GROSS ENROLLMENT RATES HEALTH CARE HEALTH CONSEQUENCES HOUSEHOLD ASSETS HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RIGHTS HUSBANDS IMF IMPACT OF CONFLICT IMPACT ON CHILDREN INCOME INEQUALITY INFORMAL INSURANCE INFORMAL INSURANCE MECHANISMS INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERVENTIONS JOURNALISTS LABOR MARKET LEVEL OF EDUCATION LIMITED RESOURCES LIVESTOCK OWNERSHIP MALNUTRITION MARRIED COUPLE MASSACRES MIGRANTS MIGRATION MINORITY MOTHER NATIONAL PROGRESS NATIONS NEO NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUMBER OF GIRLS ORPHANS PEACE PEACE RESEARCH POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL POWER POLITICAL VIOLENCE POOR POOR HOUSEHOLDS POVERTY HEAD POVERTY LINE POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPER PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE PRIMARY SCHOOL COMPLETION PRIMARY SCHOOL COMPLETION RATE PRIMARY SCHOOL COMPLETION RATES PRIMARY SCHOOLING PROGRESS RAPE REBEL REBEL BASE REBELS RECONCILIATION RECONSTRUCTION REFUGEES RESPECT REVOLUTION ROADS RURAL RURAL POOR RURAL POPULATION RURAL PROVINCES SAVINGS SCHOOL BUILDINGS SCHOOL CAREER SCHOOL DROPOUTS SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SCHOOL FACILITIES SCHOOL FEES SCHOOLING SCHOOLING FOR GIRLS SCHOOLING OF BOYS SCHOOLS SECONDARY EDUCATION SEX SEX OF THE CHILD SEXUAL VIOLENCE SOCIAL SCIENCES SPOUSES SUSTAINABLE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT TEACHERS TEMPORARY MIGRATION UNESCO UNFPA VICTIMS VILLAGE LEVEL VIOLENCE VIOLENT CONFLICT WAR WARFARE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG ADULT YOUNG AGE YOUNG CHILDREN YOUNG GIRLS YOUNG WOMEN This paper investigates the effect of exposure to violent conflict on human capital accumulation in Burundi. It combines a nationwide household survey with secondary sources on the location and timing of the conflict. Only 20 percent of the birth cohorts studied (1971-1986) completed primary education. Depending on the specification, the probability of completing primary schooling for a boy exposed to violent conflict declines by 7 to 17 percentage points compared to a nonexposed boy, with a decline of 11 percentage points in the preferred specification. In addition, exposure to violent conflict reduces the gender gap in schooling, but only for girls from nonpoor households. Forced displacement is one of the channels through which conflict affects schooling. The results are robust to various specifications and estimation methods. 2013-09-04T15:31:56Z 2013-09-04T15:31:56Z 2013-04 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/04/17615182/schooling-violent-conflict-gender-burundi http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15561 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6418 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Africa Burundi
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topic ACCESS TO EDUCATION
ACCESS TO MARKETS
ADEQUATE NUTRITION
ADULT MORTALITY
AGE AT MARRIAGE
AGRICULTURAL SHOCKS
ARMED CONFLICT
BATTLES
BOMBING
BOMBINGS
CAPACITY BUILDING
CHILD LABOR
CHILD SOLDIERS
CIVIL CONFLICT
CIVIL WAR
CIVIL WARS
COMPLETION RATE
CONFLICTS
DEATHS
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DISEASES
DISPLACEMENT CAMP
DISPLACEMENT CAMPS
DROUGHT
EARLY CHILDHOOD
EARLY ONSET
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC SHOCKS
EDUCATION DATA
EDUCATION FOR ALL
EDUCATION OF CHILDREN
EDUCATION SECTOR
EDUCATION SYSTEM
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EDUCATIONAL PLANNING
ELECTIONS
EXPERIENCED VIOLENCE
EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE
FAMINE
FARMERS
FEMALE ENROLLMENT
FERTILITY
FERTILITY DECLINE
FIGHTING
FIRST BIRTH
FOOD CROPS
FORMAL EDUCATION
FUTURE GENERATIONS
GENDER DIFFERENCES
GENDER GAP
GENDER GAP IN PRIMARY
GENDER INEQUALITIES
GENDER PARITY
GENDER PARITY INDEX
GENDER ROLES
GENOCIDE
GROSS ENROLLMENT
GROSS ENROLLMENT RATE
GROSS ENROLLMENT RATES
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH CONSEQUENCES
HOUSEHOLD ASSETS
HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION
HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN RIGHTS
HUSBANDS
IMF
IMPACT OF CONFLICT
IMPACT ON CHILDREN
INCOME
INEQUALITY
INFORMAL INSURANCE
INFORMAL INSURANCE MECHANISMS
INSURANCE
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
INTERVENTIONS
JOURNALISTS
LABOR MARKET
LEVEL OF EDUCATION
LIMITED RESOURCES
LIVESTOCK OWNERSHIP
MALNUTRITION
MARRIED COUPLE
MASSACRES
MIGRANTS
MIGRATION
MINORITY
MOTHER
NATIONAL PROGRESS
NATIONS
NEO
NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION
NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
NUMBER OF CHILDREN
NUMBER OF GIRLS
ORPHANS
PEACE
PEACE RESEARCH
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLITICAL POWER
POLITICAL VIOLENCE
POOR
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
POVERTY HEAD
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY REDUCTION
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPER
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE
PRIMARY SCHOOL COMPLETION
PRIMARY SCHOOL COMPLETION RATE
PRIMARY SCHOOL COMPLETION RATES
PRIMARY SCHOOLING
PROGRESS
RAPE
REBEL
REBEL BASE
REBELS
RECONCILIATION
RECONSTRUCTION
REFUGEES
RESPECT
REVOLUTION
ROADS
RURAL
RURAL POOR
RURAL POPULATION
RURAL PROVINCES
SAVINGS
SCHOOL BUILDINGS
SCHOOL CAREER
SCHOOL DROPOUTS
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
SCHOOL FACILITIES
SCHOOL FEES
SCHOOLING
SCHOOLING FOR GIRLS
SCHOOLING OF BOYS
SCHOOLS
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SEX
SEX OF THE CHILD
SEXUAL VIOLENCE
SOCIAL SCIENCES
SPOUSES
SUSTAINABLE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
TEACHERS
TEMPORARY MIGRATION
UNESCO
UNFPA
VICTIMS
VILLAGE LEVEL
VIOLENCE
VIOLENT CONFLICT
WAR
WARFARE
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
YOUNG ADULT
YOUNG AGE
YOUNG CHILDREN
YOUNG GIRLS
YOUNG WOMEN
spellingShingle ACCESS TO EDUCATION
ACCESS TO MARKETS
ADEQUATE NUTRITION
ADULT MORTALITY
AGE AT MARRIAGE
AGRICULTURAL SHOCKS
ARMED CONFLICT
BATTLES
BOMBING
BOMBINGS
CAPACITY BUILDING
CHILD LABOR
CHILD SOLDIERS
CIVIL CONFLICT
CIVIL WAR
CIVIL WARS
COMPLETION RATE
CONFLICTS
DEATHS
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DISEASES
DISPLACEMENT CAMP
DISPLACEMENT CAMPS
DROUGHT
EARLY CHILDHOOD
EARLY ONSET
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC SHOCKS
EDUCATION DATA
EDUCATION FOR ALL
EDUCATION OF CHILDREN
EDUCATION SECTOR
EDUCATION SYSTEM
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EDUCATIONAL PLANNING
ELECTIONS
EXPERIENCED VIOLENCE
EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE
FAMINE
FARMERS
FEMALE ENROLLMENT
FERTILITY
FERTILITY DECLINE
FIGHTING
FIRST BIRTH
FOOD CROPS
FORMAL EDUCATION
FUTURE GENERATIONS
GENDER DIFFERENCES
GENDER GAP
GENDER GAP IN PRIMARY
GENDER INEQUALITIES
GENDER PARITY
GENDER PARITY INDEX
GENDER ROLES
GENOCIDE
GROSS ENROLLMENT
GROSS ENROLLMENT RATE
GROSS ENROLLMENT RATES
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH CONSEQUENCES
HOUSEHOLD ASSETS
HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION
HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN RIGHTS
HUSBANDS
IMF
IMPACT OF CONFLICT
IMPACT ON CHILDREN
INCOME
INEQUALITY
INFORMAL INSURANCE
INFORMAL INSURANCE MECHANISMS
INSURANCE
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
INTERVENTIONS
JOURNALISTS
LABOR MARKET
LEVEL OF EDUCATION
LIMITED RESOURCES
LIVESTOCK OWNERSHIP
MALNUTRITION
MARRIED COUPLE
MASSACRES
MIGRANTS
MIGRATION
MINORITY
MOTHER
NATIONAL PROGRESS
NATIONS
NEO
NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION
NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
NUMBER OF CHILDREN
NUMBER OF GIRLS
ORPHANS
PEACE
PEACE RESEARCH
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLITICAL POWER
POLITICAL VIOLENCE
POOR
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
POVERTY HEAD
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY REDUCTION
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPER
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE
PRIMARY SCHOOL COMPLETION
PRIMARY SCHOOL COMPLETION RATE
PRIMARY SCHOOL COMPLETION RATES
PRIMARY SCHOOLING
PROGRESS
RAPE
REBEL
REBEL BASE
REBELS
RECONCILIATION
RECONSTRUCTION
REFUGEES
RESPECT
REVOLUTION
ROADS
RURAL
RURAL POOR
RURAL POPULATION
RURAL PROVINCES
SAVINGS
SCHOOL BUILDINGS
SCHOOL CAREER
SCHOOL DROPOUTS
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
SCHOOL FACILITIES
SCHOOL FEES
SCHOOLING
SCHOOLING FOR GIRLS
SCHOOLING OF BOYS
SCHOOLS
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SEX
SEX OF THE CHILD
SEXUAL VIOLENCE
SOCIAL SCIENCES
SPOUSES
SUSTAINABLE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
TEACHERS
TEMPORARY MIGRATION
UNESCO
UNFPA
VICTIMS
VILLAGE LEVEL
VIOLENCE
VIOLENT CONFLICT
WAR
WARFARE
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
YOUNG ADULT
YOUNG AGE
YOUNG CHILDREN
YOUNG GIRLS
YOUNG WOMEN
Van Bavel, Jan
Verwimp, Philip
Schooling, Violent Conflict, and Gender in Burundi
geographic_facet Africa
Burundi
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6418
description This paper investigates the effect of exposure to violent conflict on human capital accumulation in Burundi. It combines a nationwide household survey with secondary sources on the location and timing of the conflict. Only 20 percent of the birth cohorts studied (1971-1986) completed primary education. Depending on the specification, the probability of completing primary schooling for a boy exposed to violent conflict declines by 7 to 17 percentage points compared to a nonexposed boy, with a decline of 11 percentage points in the preferred specification. In addition, exposure to violent conflict reduces the gender gap in schooling, but only for girls from nonpoor households. Forced displacement is one of the channels through which conflict affects schooling. The results are robust to various specifications and estimation methods.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Van Bavel, Jan
Verwimp, Philip
author_facet Van Bavel, Jan
Verwimp, Philip
author_sort Van Bavel, Jan
title Schooling, Violent Conflict, and Gender in Burundi
title_short Schooling, Violent Conflict, and Gender in Burundi
title_full Schooling, Violent Conflict, and Gender in Burundi
title_fullStr Schooling, Violent Conflict, and Gender in Burundi
title_full_unstemmed Schooling, Violent Conflict, and Gender in Burundi
title_sort schooling, violent conflict, and gender in burundi
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2013
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/04/17615182/schooling-violent-conflict-gender-burundi
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15561
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