Violence, Psychological Stress and Educational Performance during the “War on Drugs†in Mexico

Maren M. Michaelsen (maren.michaelsen@rub.de) and Paola Salardi
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Maren M. Michaelsen: ISDC – International Security and Development Center and Ruhr University Bochum, Germany

No 262, HiCN Working Papers from Households in Conflict Network

Abstract: We provide evidence that violence in Mexico related to the “war on drugs†from 2006-2011 had a significant negative impact on educational performance that is primarily attributable to acute psychological stress among students in the immediate aftermath of local violence. Using geographically and temporally disaggregated data we demonstrate that the largest impacts of violence on educational performance result from homicides committed within the vicinity of schools during the week immediately prior to national standardized tests. This short-term impact increases with geographic proximity and levels of violence, and dramatically exceeds the effects of longer-term violence spread over a full school year.

Keywords: Violence; Primary Educational Performance; Psychological Stress; Mexico (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D74 I24 I25 O12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018-01
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