Civil War and Labor-Market Outcomes in Sierra Leone

Jorge Davalos

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Abstract: This paper provides evidences of the lasting effects conflict exposure during different stages of life on the long-term labor-market outcomes of civilians in Sierra Leone. We took advantage of variations in time and location of the conflict and used a combination of data from the Sierra Leone Integrated Household Survey (2011) and various other data related to human-rights violations and loss of assets during war. Our results suggest a negative effect of conflict exposure during primary school age on long-term labor-market participation and employment. More precisely, exposure during this stage of life can reduce participation in the labor market or employment by up to 3%. The study also established the negative impact of conflict exposure from utero stage through primary-school age on hourly wages.

Keywords: Conflict; Labor-market participation; Employment; wage; education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E24 I25 N97 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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