Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/278107 
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Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
ifo Working Paper No. 401
Publisher: 
ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, Munich
Abstract: 
Displaced children often face educational disadvantages in their host countries. Statelessness might be one of the factors limiting educational access, but research on this aspect is limited. In this paper, I leverage the introduction of birthright citizenship for Venezuelan children in Colombia to analyze the effect of ending statelessness on educational participation during early childhood. I employ a difference-in-discontinuity strategy that exploits a birthdate and policy cutoff to determine whether a Venezuelan child became eligible for birthright citizenship or not. I find that the reform has positive effects on the participation rates of children below six years old. I explain these results by demand- and supply-side factors faced by displaced parents and their children.
Subjects: 
Government policy
children
public policy
economics of minorities
JEL: 
I28
J13
J18
J15
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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