The Legacy of Conflict – Regional Deprivation and School Performance in Northern Ireland

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Money Can't Buy Love But Can it Buy Peace? Evidence from the EU Programme for Peace and Reconciliation

“…In contrast to this, however, recent research (e.g. Ferguson and Michaelsen, 2013) shows that the most deprived areas in Northern Ireland now are also those that suffered the greatest levels of violence in the past. It is not unlikely that such areas are also expected to have been those in which PEACE II spending was most needed.…”

“…The unconditional correlation between spending and neighbourhood deprivation, for example, is only 16%. In contrast to this, recent evidence (Ferguson and Michaelsen, 2013) has shown that the most deprived neighbourhoods in Northern Ireland are those that suffered the highest violence in the past. It is not unlikely that these same neighbourhoods are those that would have benefitted most from receipt to PEACE II funds, yet our findings show that this was not the case.…”

Human capital consequences of violence in schools: Estimating the impact of violence in schools on education outcomes in Brazil

“…Economics research has recorded a surge in the literature investigating the impact of violence on educational outcomes in the violence inflicted regions. This literature broadly establishes that the education attainment decreases for the cohorts exposed to conflicts at school age (Akresh & Walque, ; Chamarbagwala & Morn, ; Shemyakina, ; León, ; Ferguson & Michaelsen, ; Michaelsen & Salardi, ; Monteiro & Rocha, ). However, these studies either investigate the special civil conflict cases or are focused on specific violence prone regions and do not avail the ability to infer on more generalized cases of countries with relatively high level of violence inside schools.…”

“…As noted earlier, economics literature registered a surge in studies specifically investigating impact of violence in violence inflicted regions and countries (Aizer,; Akresh & Walque, ; Chamarbagwala & Morn, ; Shemyakina, ; León, ; Burdick‐Will, ; Ferguson & Michaelsen, ; Michaelsen & Salardi, ; Monteiro & Rocha, ). Nevertheless, to my knowledge, there is no economics research paper that investigates a nonconflict, general, country‐level case of the effect of violence in schools on the educational outcomes of the schooling system.…”