The Short-Term Impact of Crime on School Enrollment and School Choice: Evidence from El Salvador

Juan Nelson Martinez Dahbura ()

Economía Journal, 2018, vol. Volume 18 Number 2, issue Spring 2018, 121-145

Abstract: This paper employs variations in crime rates, attributed to an unprecedented country­ wide truce between gangs in El Salvador in 2012, to evaluate the short­term impact of homicides and extortions on the education choices of Salvadoran households. Results reveal that the reduc­ tion in homicide rates due to the truce were associated with a migration within the education system, from public to private institutions, among boys aged fifteen to twenty­two years. The fluctuations in homicide rates were also associated with a lower school attendance for girls aged seven to fourteen years, especially due to a lower public school enrollment. No significant association between fluctuations in extortion rates and education choices was observed.

Keywords: Demand for schooling; school choice; crime; El Salvador (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D13 I24 I25 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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