How persistent is the effect of conflict on primary education? Long-run evidence from the Rwandan genocide

The legacy of conflict: aggregate evidence from Sierra Leone

“…This allows both for aggregate effect estimation and a quantitative assessment of mechanisms that are not directly observed in the data.7 The model also has similarities with elements inAllen and Arkolakis (2014),Redding (2016) andLagakos and Waugh (2013). 8 This result is also in line with other papers that highlight the importance of selective migration in explaining spatial income differences such asYoung (2013).9 Focusing on civil war and long-run outcomes at least 10 years after the end of war, these includeLeon (2012);Akresh and De Walque (2011);Saing and Kazianga (2020); LaMattina (2018); Akbulut-Yuksel (2014);Galdo (2013).…”

Time use of youth during a pandemic: Evidence from Mexico

“…Perhaps surprisingly, the same study shows that Katrina evacuees who moved to other school districts with better math scores experienced gains of 0.18 standard deviations relative to prehurricane test scores by 2009 (four years after the hurricane). La Mattina, 2018 , Akresh and De Walque, 2008 demonstrate significant reductions in schooling attainment following the 1992 Rwandan genocide.…”

The Heterogeneous Effects of Conflict on Education: A Spatial Analysis in Sub-Saharan Africa

“…Akbulut-Yuksel, 2014;Arcand and Wouabe, 2009;León, 2012). They present a wide range of estimates, spanning from positive effects (0.2 years more of education per conflict year) to negative effects of 0.9 years of education lost (e.g., Akbulut-Yuksel, 2014;Arcand and Wouabe, 2009;Bertoni et al, 2019;León, 2012;Lee, 2014;La Mattina, 2018;Shemyakina, 2011). These countryspecific studies focus on various types of conflicts with distinct intensities and actors within specific country contexts, and fail to generalize their results to a wider range of violent conflicts and their determinants.…”