Estimating the Effects of Conflict on Education in Côte d’Ivoire

This article evaluates the effect of armed conflict on years of schooling in Côte d’Ivoire. We combine differences in conflict intensity across departments and differences across age cohorts to identify an individual’s indirect exposure to conflict. The difference-in-difference outcomes indicate tha...

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Main Authors:	Dabalen, Andrew L., Paul, Saumik
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	Taylor and Francis 2015
Subjects:	Education Human capital Propensity score matching Evaluation War
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21377

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spelling	okr-10986-213772021-04-23T14:04:01Z Estimating the Effects of Conflict on Education in Côte d’Ivoire Dabalen, Andrew L. Paul, Saumik Education Human capital Propensity score matching Evaluation War This article evaluates the effect of armed conflict on years of schooling in Côte d’Ivoire. We combine differences in conflict intensity across departments and differences across age cohorts to identify an individual’s indirect exposure to conflict. The difference-in-difference outcomes indicate that the average years of education for a school-going-age cohort is 0.94 years fewer compared to an older cohort in conflict-affected regions. We further use a set of victimization indicators to identify the direct effect of conflict. Overall, the findings across different models suggest a drop in average years of education by a range of 0.2 to 0.9 fewer years. The estimated effect is larger for males and individuals between 19 and 22 years of age. 2015-02-02T21:40:17Z 2015-02-02T21:40:17Z 2014-12-14 Journal Article Journal of Development Studies 0022-0388 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21377 en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Journal Article Africa Cote d'Ivoire
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description	This article evaluates the effect of armed conflict on years of schooling in Côte d’Ivoire. We combine differences in conflict intensity across departments and differences across age cohorts to identify an individual’s indirect exposure to conflict. The difference-in-difference outcomes indicate that the average years of education for a school-going-age cohort is 0.94 years fewer compared to an older cohort in conflict-affected regions. We further use a set of victimization indicators to identify the direct effect of conflict. Overall, the findings across different models suggest a drop in average years of education by a range of 0.2 to 0.9 fewer years. The estimated effect is larger for males and individuals between 19 and 22 years of age.
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author	Dabalen, Andrew L. Paul, Saumik
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title	Estimating the Effects of Conflict on Education in Côte d’Ivoire
title_short	Estimating the Effects of Conflict on Education in Côte d’Ivoire
title_full	Estimating the Effects of Conflict on Education in Côte d’Ivoire
title_fullStr	Estimating the Effects of Conflict on Education in Côte d’Ivoire
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Estimating the Effects of Conflict on Education in Côte d’Ivoire

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