Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/282671 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 16544
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper estimates the effect of exposure to terrorist violence on education. Since terrorists may choose targets endogenously, we construct a set of novel instruments. To that end, we leverage exogenous variation from a local terrorist group's revenues and its affiliation with al-Qaeda. Across several Kenyan datasets we find that attacks suppress school enrolment more than predicted by difference-in-differences-type estimators. This indicates that terrorists target areas experiencing unobserved, positive shocks. Evidence suggests fears and concerns as mechanisms of impact, rather than educational supply.
Subjects: 
conflict
education
instrumental variables
JEL: 
D74
I25
O15
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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