Effects of Armed Conflict on Educational Outcomes in Turkey
Effects of Armed Conflict on Educational Outcomes in Turkey
Author(s): Ali Murat BerkerSubject(s): State/Government and Education, Ethnic Minorities Studies, Sociology of Education, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Rasim Özgür DÖNMEZ
Keywords: Armed conflict; educational attainment; Turkey;
Summary/Abstract: This study is the first attempt to evaluate the educational consequences of a 30-year-old internal armed conflict between the Turkish state and Kurdish insurgents, one manifestation of Turkey’s prolonged Kurdish problem. To tackle the endogeneity of conflict and omitted variable bias, I implement a difference-in-differences estimation method, in which I exploit variations in exposure to conflict across provinces and over time. Estimation results suggest the presence of a robust negative association between exposure to conflict and children’s educational outcomes. This estimated negative association appears to be stronger for female children, for upper-secondary school outcomes, and for those who are exposed to conflict for a longer time period. The robustness analyses purport that the conflict’s estimated negative impacts are unlikely to be driven by either conflict-induced migration or underlying province specific trends.
Journal: Alternatif Politika
- Issue Year: 6/2014
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 195-253
- Page Count: 59
- Language: English