Gender Bias in Education during Conflict: Evidence from Assam

Prakarsh Singh and Sutanuka Roy

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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: India; Assam; conflict; schools; female students; school enrollment; violent conflict; dataset; differential response; lower grades; rural school; poor district; unaided body (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-08
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