Education is Forbidden : The Effect of the Boko Haram Conflict on Education in North-East Nigeria

This paper quantifies the impact of the Boko Haram conflict on various educational outcomes of individuals living in North-East Nigeria during the period 2009–2016. Using individual panel fixed-effects regressions and exploiting over-time and cross-village variation in conflict intensity, we show th...

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Main Authors:	Bertoni, Eleonora, Di Maio, Michele, Molini, Vasco, Nistico, Roberto
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Elsevier 2020
Subjects:	BOKO HARAM CONFLICT EDUCATION SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33208

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spelling	okr-10986-332082021-05-25T10:54:39Z Education is Forbidden : The Effect of the Boko Haram Conflict on Education in North-East Nigeria Bertoni, Eleonora Di Maio, Michele Molini, Vasco Nistico, Roberto BOKO HARAM CONFLICT EDUCATION SCHOOL ENROLLMENT This paper quantifies the impact of the Boko Haram conflict on various educational outcomes of individuals living in North-East Nigeria during the period 2009–2016. Using individual panel fixed-effects regressions and exploiting over-time and cross-village variation in conflict intensity, we show that conflict reduces school enrollment. The negative effect is larger for children who are no longer of mandatory school age. We do not find differential effects by gender, religion, or type of residential location. Additional results from a difference-in-differences estimation strategy indicate that conflict reduces the years of education completed. 2020-01-21T20:55:50Z 2020-01-21T20:55:50Z 2019-11 Journal Article Journal of Development Economics 0304-3878 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33208 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Elsevier Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research Africa Nigeria
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spellingShingle	BOKO HARAM CONFLICT EDUCATION SCHOOL ENROLLMENT Bertoni, Eleonora Di Maio, Michele Molini, Vasco Nistico, Roberto Education is Forbidden : The Effect of the Boko Haram Conflict on Education in North-East Nigeria
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description	This paper quantifies the impact of the Boko Haram conflict on various educational outcomes of individuals living in North-East Nigeria during the period 2009–2016. Using individual panel fixed-effects regressions and exploiting over-time and cross-village variation in conflict intensity, we show that conflict reduces school enrollment. The negative effect is larger for children who are no longer of mandatory school age. We do not find differential effects by gender, religion, or type of residential location. Additional results from a difference-in-differences estimation strategy indicate that conflict reduces the years of education completed.
format	Journal Article
author	Bertoni, Eleonora Di Maio, Michele Molini, Vasco Nistico, Roberto
author_facet	Bertoni, Eleonora Di Maio, Michele Molini, Vasco Nistico, Roberto
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title	Education is Forbidden : The Effect of the Boko Haram Conflict on Education in North-East Nigeria
title_short	Education is Forbidden : The Effect of the Boko Haram Conflict on Education in North-East Nigeria
title_full	Education is Forbidden : The Effect of the Boko Haram Conflict on Education in North-East Nigeria
title_fullStr	Education is Forbidden : The Effect of the Boko Haram Conflict on Education in North-East Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed	Education is Forbidden : The Effect of the Boko Haram Conflict on Education in North-East Nigeria
title_sort	education is forbidden : the effect of the boko haram conflict on education in north-east nigeria
publisher	Elsevier
publishDate	2020
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33208
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Education is Forbidden : The Effect of the Boko Haram Conflict on Education in North-East Nigeria

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