Schooling, violent conflict, and gender in Burundi (English)

The authors investigate the effect of exposure to violent conflict on human capital accumulation in Burundi. The authors combine 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, authors find that the probability of completing primary schooling for a boy exposed to violent conflict declined...

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Author

Verwimp,Philip;

Van Bavel,Jan;
Document Date
2013/05/14
Document Type
Journal Article
Report Number
112406
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Burundi,
Region
Eastern and Southern Africa,
Disclosure Date
2017/03/01
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Schooling, violent conflict, and gender in Burundi
Keywords
lack of access to markets

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Verwimp,Philip; Van Bavel,Jan.

Schooling, violent conflict, and gender in Burundi (English). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/218931488344703025

Schooling, violent conflict, and gender in Burundi (English)

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