Schooling, Violent Conflict, and Gender in Burundi

52 Pages Posted: 20 Apr 2016

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Philip Verwimp

Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management; Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES)

Jan Van Bavel

KU Leuven - Centre for Sociological Research

Date Written: April 1, 2013

Abstract

This paper investigates the effect of exposure to violent conflict on human capital accumulation in Burundi. It combines a nationwide household survey with secondary sources on the location and timing of the conflict. Only 20 percent of the birth cohorts studied (1971-1986) completed primary education. Depending on the specification, the probability of completing primary schooling for a boy exposed to violent conflict declines by 7 to 17 percentage points compared to a nonexposed boy, with a decline of 11 percentage points in the preferred specification. In addition, exposure to violent conflict reduces the gender gap in schooling, but only for girls from nonpoor households. Forced displacement is one of the channels through which conflict affects schooling. The results are robust to various specifications and estimation methods.

Keywords: Post Conflict Reconstruction, Education For All, Population Policies, Rural Poverty Reduction, Primary Education

Suggested Citation

Verwimp, Philip and Van Bavel, Jan, Schooling, Violent Conflict, and Gender in Burundi (April 1, 2013). World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6418, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2255261

Philip Verwimp (Contact Author)

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Jan Van Bavel

KU Leuven - Centre for Sociological Research ( email )

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