Armed Conflict and Schooling : Evidence from the 1994 Rwandan Genocide

To examine the impact of Rwanda`s 1994 genocide on children`s schooling, the authors combine two cross-sectional household surveys collected before and after the genocide. The identification strategy uses pre-war data to control for an age group`s baseline schooling and exploits variation across provinces in the intensity of killings and which children`s cohorts were school-aged when exposed to the war...

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Year of publication:	2008-05-01
Authors:	Akresh, Richard ; Walque, Damien de
Institutions:	Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn>
Subject:	Humankapital \| Völkermord \| Erziehung \| Bürgerkrieg

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Extent:	185344 bytes 38 p. application/pdf
Series:	Universität Bonn - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH (IZA) - Discussion Papers in 2008 Discussion Paper ; 3516 (2008)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Classification:	I20 - Education. General ; J13 - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth ; O12 - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development ; O15 - Human Resources; Income Distribution; Migration ; Personnel administration. Other aspects ; Individual Working Papers, Preprints ; Africa. General Resources
Source:	USB Cologne (business full texts)

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