RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Civil Conflict and Human Capital Accumulation
JF Journal of Human Resources
JO J Hum Resour
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 991
OP 1022
DO 10.3368/jhr.47.4.991
VO 47
IS 4
A1 Gianmarco León
YR 2012
UL http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/47/4/991.abstract
AB This paper provides empirical evidence of the persistent effect of exposure to political violence on human capital accumulation. I exploit the variation in conflict location and birth cohorts to identify the long- and short-term effects of the civil war on educational attainment. Conditional on being exposed to violence, the average person accumulates 0.31 less years of education as an adult. In the short term, the effects are stronger than in the long run; these results hold when comparing children within the same household. Further, exposure to violence during early childhood leads to permanent losses. I also explore the potential causal mechanisms.