The Human Capital Peace Dividend

Olga Namen (), Mounu Prem and Juan Vargas
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Olga Namen: School of Economics, Universidad del Rosario. Calle 12C No. 4-69, Bogota

No 310, HiCN Working Papers from Households in Conflict Network

Abstract: While the literature has documented negative effects of conflict on educational outcomes, there is surprisingly very little evidence on the effect of conflict termination on human capital. We fill this gap by showing how the permanent ceasefire declared by FARC’s insurgency during peace negotiations with the Colombian government caused a large differential reduction on school dropout rates in the areas affected by FARC violence prior to the ceasefire, relative to other areas. Importantly, this is not driven by child soldiering. Rather, our evidence suggests that the dropout reduction responds to the falling victimization rates in areas that experienced FARC violence.

Keywords: Education; School dropout; Peace process; Armed conflict (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D74 I21 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019-08
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Working Paper: The human capital peace dividend (2019)
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