Gender Bias in Education during Conflict: Evidence from Assam

Sutanuka Roy () and Prakarsh Singh
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Sutanuka Roy: London School of Economics

No 10092, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: Using a large-scale novel panel dataset (2005–14) on schools from the Indian state of Assam, we test for the impact of violent conflict on female students' enrollment rates. We find that a doubling of average killings in a district-year leads to a 13 per cent drop in girls' enrollment rate with school fixed effects. Additionally, results remain similar when using an alternative definition of conflict from a different dataset. Gender differential responses are more negative for lower grades, rural schools, poorer districts, and for schools run by local and private unaided bodies.

Keywords: conflict; education; gender discrimination; human capital; India (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I2 J1 O1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 37 pages
Date: 2016-07
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