The Hidden Costs of Ethnic Conflict : Decomposing Trends in Educational Outcomes of Young Kosovars

The Hidden Costs of Ethnic Conflict : Decomposing Trends in Educational Outcomes of Young Kosovars

The authors examine the impact of ethnic segmentation in education on educational outcomes. Between 1991 and the late 1990s, the Albanian Kosovar population received education services in an informal system parallel to the official one. Using the 2...

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Main Authors: Alva, Soumya, Murrugarra, Edmundo, Paci, Pierella
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
ETHNIC CONFLICT
EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES
EDUCATION DELIVERY
LIVING STANDARDS INDICATORS
SURVEY DATA
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SEGREGATION IN EDUCATION
ECONOMIC STATUS
POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS
DECOMPOSITION METHOD
STUDENT ENROLLMENT
GIRLS' EDUCATION ADDITION
ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
AGE GROUP
AGE GROUPS
AGED
CURRICULUM
DECISION MAKING
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DISCRIMINATION
DROPOUT RATES
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
EDUCATION INVESTMENTS
EDUCATION LEVEL
EDUCATION LEVELS
EDUCATION OUTCOMES
EDUCATION SECTOR
EDUCATION SERVICES
EDUCATION SYSTEM
EDUCATION SYSTEMS
EDUCATIONAL INDICATORS
EDUCATIONAL INPUTS
EDUCATIONAL OUTCOME
EMIGRATION
ENROLLMENT RATE
ENROLLMENT RATES
ENROLMENT RATES
ETHNIC GROUPS
ETHNIC MINORITIES
FAMILIES
FEMALE EDUCATION
FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS
FORMAL EDUCATION
GENDER DIFFERENCES
GIRLS
HEALTH CARE
HOUSEHOLD SCHOOLING
HOUSING
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
ILLITERACY
INTERVENTION
INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION
LABOR FORCE
LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
LANGUAGE EDUCATION
LIFE EXPECTANCY
LITERATURE
LIVING STANDARDS
MIGRANTS
MINORITY GROUPS
MOTHERS
PAPERS
PARENTS
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PRIMARY ENROLLMENT
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
PUBLIC SECTOR
READING
REASONING
REFUGEES
RESEARCH REPORT
SCHOOL FACILITIES
SCHOOLING
SCHOOLS
SECONDARY ENROLLMENT
SECONDARY LEVEL
SECONDARY SCHOOL SYSTEM
SEGREGATED EDUCATION
SIBLINGS
SIGNIFICANT IMPACT
SOCIAL NORMS
SOCIAL POLICY
SOCIAL REFORMS
SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS
TEACHERS
TEACHING
TEACHING SKILLS
UNIVERSITY EDUCATION
URBAN AREAS
VIOLENCE
VOCATIONAL SKILLS
YOUNG WOMEN
YOUTH
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/08/1993714/hidden-costs-ethnic-conflict-decomposing-trends-educational-outcomes-young-kosovars
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19267
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Summary:The authors examine the impact of ethnic segmentation in education on educational outcomes. Between 1991 and the late 1990s, the Albanian Kosovar population received education services in an informal system parallel to the official one. Using the 2000 Kosovo LSMS Survey data, the authors exploit cohort differences in exposure to the parallel system to estimate its effects among Albanian youth. The first (untreated) cohort includes individuals who entered secondary education before 1991 when the "parallel" education system was initiated. The second (treated) cohort includes individuals who entered secondary school in the last ten years under the ethnically segmented education system. To disentangle the effects of the changing system and economic environment, and the changes in the characteristics of the population, a Oaxaca-type decomposition is used. The results suggest that the past decade of ethnic tension has claimed a substantial toll on the educational outcomes of young male Albanian Kosovars. In addition to declines in enrollment rates in secondary education, those who are enrolled are expected to complete one less year of education. However, secondary school enrollment for girls increased during the parallel system, but with a sharp decline in the expected number of years completed.

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