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Armed Conflict Exposure, Human Capital Investments and Child Labor: Evidence from Colombia

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  • Catherine Rodriguez

    () (Universidad de los Andes)

  • Fabio Sanchez

    () (Universidad de los Andes)

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This paper estimates the effect that exposure to armed conflict has on school drop-out and labor decisions of Colombian children between the ages of six and seventeen. We use a duration analysis methodology, complemented by biprobit estimations. Both approaches take into account the possible endogeneity of municipal conflict-related events through the use of instrumental variables. We find that conflict especially affects children older than eleven, inducing them to drop out of school and enter the labor market too early. We provide evidence that such effects may be generated through higher mortality risks, negative economic shocks and lesser school quality.

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Paper provided by Households in Conflict Network in its series HiCN Working Papers with number 68.

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Length: 45 pages
Date of creation: Nov 2009
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Handle: RePEc:hic:wpaper:68

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Keywords: Armed conflict; human capital; schooling; Colombia;

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  1. La “Violentometría” en Colombia
    by Guest blogger in Hacia el desarrollo efectivo on 2012-10-17 12:09:21
  2. Development that Works: Colombian “violence-metrics”
    by Guest blogger in Eval Central on 2012-10-17 12:14:37
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Cited by:
  1. Tilman Brück & Patricia Justino & Philip Verwimp & Alexandra Avdeenko, 2010. "Identifying Conflict and Violence in Micro-Level Surveys," HiCN Working Papers 79, Households in Conflict Network.
  2. Valente, Christine, 2011. "What did the Maoists ever do for us ? education and marriage of women exposed to civil conflict in Nepal," Policy Research Working Paper Series 5741, The World Bank.
  3. Justino, Patricia & Leone, Marinella & Salardi, Paola, 2011. "Education and conflict recovery : the case of Timor Leste," Policy Research Working Paper Series 5774, The World Bank.
  4. Rony Pshisva & Gustavo A. Suarez, 2010. "Capital Crimes: Kidnappings and Corporate Investment in Colombia," NBER Chapters, in: The Economics of Crime: Lessons for and from Latin America, pages 63-97 National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  5. Rodríguez, Catherine & Sánchez, Fabio & Armenta, Armando, 2010. "Do Interventions at School Level Improve Educational Outcomes? Evidence from a Rural Program in Colombia," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 38(3), pages 415-428, March.
  6. Wharton, Kate & Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth, 2011. "Conflict and its Impact on Educational Accumulation and Enrollment in Colombia: What We Can Learn from Recent IDPs," IZA Discussion Papers 5939, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).
  7. Camacho, Andriana & Rodriguez, Catherine, 2010. "Firm Exit and Armed Conflict in Colombia," Working Papers wp2010-94, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
  8. Philip Verwimp & Jan Van Bavel, 2011. "Schooling, Violent Conflict and Gender in Burundi," HiCN Working Papers 101, Households in Conflict Network.
  9. Christine Valente, 2011. "What Did the Maoists Ever Do for Us? Education and Marriage of Women Exposed to Civil Conflict in Nepal," HiCN Working Papers 105, Households in Conflict Network.
  10. Domingues, Patrick, 2011. "Civil War Exposure And School Enrolment:Evidence From The Mozambican Civil War," NEPS Working Papers 1/2011, Network of European Peace Scientists.
  11. Alvaro J. Riascos & Juan F. Vargas, 2011. "Violence and growth in Colombia: A review of the quantitative literature," Economics of Peace and Security Journal, Economists for Peace and Security (UK), vol. 6(2), pages 15-20, July.

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