Violence and Children’s Education

Evidence From Administrative Data

Datos Bibliográficos

ID10071735
AutoresValentina Duque (0000-0002-3349-4591, School of Public Affairs, American University, Washington, DC, USA, autor de correspondencia)
Año2023
Volumen68
Número5
Páginas903-937
Fecha de publicación2023-06-21
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Conflict Resolution (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0022-0027 • E-ISSN: 1552-8766
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/00220027231180114
OpenAlexW2994828692
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas61

This paper exploits the sharp escalation of violence in Colombia in the 1980s associated with the emergence of drug cartels to provide novel evidence on the long-run effects of violence exposure throughout the life-course, on children’s educational attainment and academic achievement using administrative data. I find that, a higher homicide rate in early-childhood is associated with a higher probability of school dropout and conditional on completing high school, lower scores on a national end-of-high school exam. Results are robust to several falsification tests, and analyses of potential sources of selection bias. I provide supportive evidence that changes in fetal, child, and adolescent health outcomes are important potential mechanisms

Criminology · Demographic economics · Developmental psychology · Dropout (neural networks · Economic growth · Economics · Educational attainment · Homicide · Injury prevention · Medical emergency · Poison control · School dropout · Selection bias · Agricultural risk and resilience · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Medicine · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Psychology