Paul, SaumikDabalen, Andrew L.2012-06-292012-06-292012-06https://hdl.handle.net/10986/9334This paper estimates the causal effects of civil war on years of education in the context of a school-going age cohort that is exposed to armed conflict in Cote d'Ivoire. Using year and department of birth to identify an individual's exposure to war, the difference-in-difference outcomes indicate that the average years of education for a school-going age cohort is .94 years fewer compared with an older cohort in war-affected regions. To minimize the potential bias in the estimated outcome, the authors use a set of victimization indicators to identify the true effect of war. The propensity score matching estimates do not alter the main findings. In addition, the outcomes of double-robust models minimize the specification errors in the model. Moreover, the paper finds the outcomes are robust across alternative matching methods, estimation by using subsamples, and other education outcome variables. Overall, the findings across different models suggest a drop in average years of education by a range of .2 to .9 fewer years.CC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO EDUCATIONADULTSAGE COHORTALLOCATION OF RESOURCESARMED CONFLICTAVERAGE EDUCATION LEVELAVERAGE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTBASIC EDUCATIONBATTLEBATTLESCIVIL CONFLICTCIVIL WARCOMPARATIVE EDUCATIONCONFLICTSCURRICULUMCURRICULUM DEVELOPMENTDEVELOPMENT CENTREDEVELOPMENT POLICYECONOMIC PROSPERITYEDUCATION FOR ALLEDUCATION FOR CHILDRENEDUCATION OF CHILDRENEDUCATION OUTCOMESEDUCATION SYSTEMEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTSEDUCATIONAL FACILITIESEDUCATIONAL OUTCOMESEDUCATIONAL REFORMSENROLLMENT RATESETHNIC GROUPETHNIC GROUPSEXPERIENCED VIOLENCEFAMILY MEMBERSFIGHTINGFORMAL SCHOOLINGGENOCIDEHIGHER EDUCATIONHOUSEHOLD LEVELHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSHUMAN CAPITALILLNESSIMMIGRANTSIMPACT OF CONFLICTINTERNAL MIGRATIONINTERNATIONAL BANKINTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTJOB TRAININGLABOUR MARKETLEARNINGLEARNING OUTCOMESLITERACYLITERACY RATESLIVING STANDARDSMILITIAMINISTRY OF EDUCATIONNATIONAL EXAMINATIONSNATIONAL ORIGINNATIONAL PRIORITYNATIONALSNATIONSNET ENROLLMENTNET ENROLLMENT RATENUMBER OF DEATHSOLD AGEPEACEPEACE AGREEMENTSPEACE KEEPINGPEACE RESEARCHPEACEKEEPERSPEACEKEEPINGPENSIONSPOLARIZATIONPOLICY DISCUSSIONSPOLICY RESEARCHPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPERPOLITICAL PARTIESPOST-CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTIONPRIMARY EDUCATIONPRIMARY SCHOOLPRIMARY SCHOOLINGPROGRESSPROVIDERS OF EDUCATIONPUBLIC SCHOOLINGREBELREBELSRELIGIOUS GROUPSSANCTIONSSCHOOL CALENDARSSCHOOL ENROLMENTSCHOOL GOINGSCHOOL STUDENTSSCHOOL YEARSECONDARY EDUCATIONSECONDARY SCHOOLSECONDARY SCHOOLINGSECONDARY SCHOOLSSTUDENT-TEACHER RATIOSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTTACTICTEACHERTEACHER RATIOTEACHERSTOLERANCETRADE RELATIONSHIPSTRAINING PROGRAMMEUNEQUAL ACCESSUNESCOUNIVERSITIESVICTIMSVOCATIONAL EDUCATIONYOUNG AGEYOUTHWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-6077