Education is forbidden: The effect of the Boko Haram conflict on education in North-East Nigeria

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Bertoni, Eleonora; Di Maio, Michele; Molini, Vasco; Nistico, Roberto
• 署名单位: Inter-American Development Bank; Parthenope University Naples; The World Bank; University of Naples Federico II
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0304-3878
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2018.06.007
• 发表日期: 2019
• 关键词: Boko Haram; CONFLICT; education; School enrolment; nigeria

摘要

This paper quantifies the impact of the Boko Haram conflict on various educational outcomes of individuals living in North-East Nigeria during the period 2009-2016. Using individual panel fixed-effects regressions and exploiting over-time and cross-village variation in conflict intensity, we show that conflict reduces school enrolment. The negative effect is larger for children who are no longer of mandatory school age. We do not find differential effects by gender, religion, or type of residential location. Additional results from a difference-in-differences estimation strategy indicate that conflict reduces the years of education completed.