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Civil War and Labor-Market Outcomes in Sierra Leone

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  • Vincent de Paul Mboutchouang Author-Name: Jorge Davalos Author-Name: James Fomba Sandy Author-Name: Isata Mahoi Author-Name: Jennifer Korie Chetachi

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This paper provides evidences of the lasting effects conflict exposure during different stages of life on the long-term labor-market outcomes of civilians in Sierra Leone. We took advantage of variations in time and location of the conflict and used a combination of data from the Sierra Leone Integrated Household Survey (2011) and various other data related to human-rights violations and loss of assets during war. Our results suggest a negative effect of conflict exposure during primary school age on long-term labor-market participation and employment. More precisely, exposure during this stage of life can reduce participation in the labor market or employment by up to 3%. The study also established the negative impact of conflict exposure from utero stage through primary-school age on hourly wages.

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  • Vincent de Paul Mboutchouang Author-Name: Jorge Davalos Author-Name: James Fomba Sandy Author-Name: Isata Mahoi Author-Name: Jennifer Korie Chetachi, 2020. "Civil War and Labor-Market Outcomes in Sierra Leone," Working Papers PMMA 2020-09, PEP-PMMA.
    • Handle: RePEc:lvl:pmmacr:2020-09
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    1. Mohammad Ajmal Hameed & Mohammad Mafizur Rahman & Rasheda Khanam, 2023. "Analyzing the Consequences of Long-Run Civil War on Unemployment Rate: Empirical Evidence from Afghanistan," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(8), pages 1-21, April.

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    Keywords

    Conflict; Labor-market participation; Employment; wage; education;
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    JEL classification:

    • N97 - Economic History - - Regional and Urban History - - - Africa; Oceania
    • E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
    • I25 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Economic Development

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