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The Scars of Civil War: The Long-Term Welfare Effects of the Salvadoran Armed Conflict

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dc.contributor.authorBaez, Javier E.
dc.contributor.authorAcosta, Pablo
dc.contributor.authorCaruso, German
dc.contributor.authorCarcach, Carlo
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-08T16:18:56Z
dc.date.available2020-10-08T16:18:56Z
dc.date.issued2020-10
dc.description.abstractThis paper estimates the long-term effects on human capital accumulation and subsequent labor market outcomes of in utero and early childhood exposure to the civil war in El Salvador (1980-92), the second longest and deadliest civil conflict in Central America. Identification is obtained from spatial and intertemporal variation in the intensity of the conflict drawn from historical archive data comprising records of human casualties, disappearances, and refugees. The results show that people born in highly violent areas during the civil war saw a reduction in their probability of being employed by 6 percentage points, and of getting a high-skilled job by 5 percentage points, 20 to 30 years after it happened. The civil war also reduced their education by 0.8 year, as well as their enrollment and literacy rates. Subgroup analysis indicates that exposed males and indigenous groups experienced the largest losses in human capital and had weaker performance in the labor market.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/601951602080989218/The-Scars-of-Civil-War-The-Long-Term-Welfare-Effects-of-the-Salvadoran-Armed-Conflict
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9430
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/34601
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 9430
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectCIVIL WAR
dc.subjectARMED CONFLICT
dc.subjectLONG-TERM IMPACT
dc.subjectWELFARE IMPACT
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL ACCUMULATION
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET
dc.subjectEARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectREFUGEES
dc.subjectENROLLMENT
dc.subjectLITERACY
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectWAGES
dc.subjectINDIGENOUS POPULATION
dc.titleThe Scars of Civil Waren
dc.title.subtitleThe Long-Term Welfare Effects of the Salvadoran Armed Conflicten
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okr.date.disclosure2020-10-07
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okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/601951602080989218/The-Scars-of-Civil-War-The-Long-Term-Welfare-Effects-of-the-Salvadoran-Armed-Conflict
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9430
okr.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-9430
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okr.region.administrativeLatin America & Caribbean
okr.region.countryEl Salvador
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okr.topicConflict and Development::Armed Conflict
okr.topicConflict and Development::Conflict and Fragile States
okr.topicEducation::Access & Equity in Basic Education
okr.topicEducation::Education For All
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Employment and Shared Growth
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Inequality
okr.topicRural Development::Rural Labor Markets
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.unitPoverty and Equity Global Practice
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