Guns and gains: effects of exposure to counterinsurgency operations during school-age years

Sourish Mustafi, Punarjit Roychowdhury and Bharti Nandwani

No wp-2025-67, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: This paper examines the effects of exposure to hard-security counter-insurgency operations during school-age years on human capital and labour market outcomes in India. We exploit the 1989 introduction of the Greyhounds—a specialized commando force created to combat Naxalite insurgents—in Andhra Pradesh (AP), as a natural experiment. Of all the states affected by Naxalite violence, only AP raised such a police force at the time. We compare outcomes of school-age cohorts in AP with older cohorts, and contrast these patterns with those in other affected states.

Keywords: Children; Civil conflict; Counterinsurgency; Education; Employment; India (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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