The Scars of Civil War : The Long-Term Welfare Effects of the Salvadoran Armed Conflict

The Scars of Civil War : The Long-Term Welfare Effects of the Salvadoran Armed Conflict

This paper estimates the long-term effects on human capital accumulation and subsequent labor market outcomes of in utero and early childhood exposure to the civil war in El Salvador (1980-92), the second longest and deadliest civil conflict in Cen...

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Main Authors: Acosta, Pablo, Baez, Javier E., Caruso, German, Carcach, Carlo
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:
CIVIL WAR
ARMED CONFLICT
LONG-TERM IMPACT
WELFARE IMPACT
HUMAN CAPITAL ACCUMULATION
LABOR MARKET
EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
REFUGEES
ENROLLMENT
LITERACY
EMPLOYMENT
WAGES
INDIGENOUS POPULATION
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/601951602080989218/The-Scars-of-Civil-War-The-Long-Term-Welfare-Effects-of-the-Salvadoran-Armed-Conflict
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spelling okr-10986-346012022-09-20T00:11:13Z The Scars of Civil War : The Long-Term Welfare Effects of the Salvadoran Armed Conflict Acosta, Pablo Baez, Javier E. Caruso, German Carcach, Carlo CIVIL WAR ARMED CONFLICT LONG-TERM IMPACT WELFARE IMPACT HUMAN CAPITAL ACCUMULATION LABOR MARKET EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT REFUGEES ENROLLMENT LITERACY EMPLOYMENT WAGES INDIGENOUS POPULATION This paper estimates the long-term effects on human capital accumulation and subsequent labor market outcomes of in utero and early childhood exposure to the civil war in El Salvador (1980-92), the second longest and deadliest civil conflict in Central America. Identification is obtained from spatial and intertemporal variation in the intensity of the conflict drawn from historical archive data comprising records of human casualties, disappearances, and refugees. The results show that people born in highly violent areas during the civil war saw a reduction in their probability of being employed by 6 percentage points, and of getting a high-skilled job by 5 percentage points, 20 to 30 years after it happened. The civil war also reduced their education by 0.8 year, as well as their enrollment and literacy rates. Subgroup analysis indicates that exposed males and indigenous groups experienced the largest losses in human capital and had weaker performance in the labor market. 2020-10-08T16:18:56Z 2020-10-08T16:18:56Z 2020-10 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/601951602080989218/The-Scars-of-Civil-War-The-Long-Term-Welfare-Effects-of-the-Salvadoran-Armed-Conflict http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34601 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9430 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Latin America & Caribbean El Salvador
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topic CIVIL WAR
ARMED CONFLICT
LONG-TERM IMPACT
WELFARE IMPACT
HUMAN CAPITAL ACCUMULATION
LABOR MARKET
EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
REFUGEES
ENROLLMENT
LITERACY
EMPLOYMENT
WAGES
INDIGENOUS POPULATION
spellingShingle CIVIL WAR
ARMED CONFLICT
LONG-TERM IMPACT
WELFARE IMPACT
HUMAN CAPITAL ACCUMULATION
LABOR MARKET
EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
REFUGEES
ENROLLMENT
LITERACY
EMPLOYMENT
WAGES
INDIGENOUS POPULATION
Acosta, Pablo
Baez, Javier E.
Caruso, German
Carcach, Carlo
The Scars of Civil War : The Long-Term Welfare Effects of the Salvadoran Armed Conflict
geographic_facet Latin America & Caribbean
El Salvador
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9430
description This paper estimates the long-term effects on human capital accumulation and subsequent labor market outcomes of in utero and early childhood exposure to the civil war in El Salvador (1980-92), the second longest and deadliest civil conflict in Central America. Identification is obtained from spatial and intertemporal variation in the intensity of the conflict drawn from historical archive data comprising records of human casualties, disappearances, and refugees. The results show that people born in highly violent areas during the civil war saw a reduction in their probability of being employed by 6 percentage points, and of getting a high-skilled job by 5 percentage points, 20 to 30 years after it happened. The civil war also reduced their education by 0.8 year, as well as their enrollment and literacy rates. Subgroup analysis indicates that exposed males and indigenous groups experienced the largest losses in human capital and had weaker performance in the labor market.
format Working Paper
author Acosta, Pablo
Baez, Javier E.
Caruso, German
Carcach, Carlo
author_facet Acosta, Pablo
Baez, Javier E.
Caruso, German
Carcach, Carlo
author_sort Acosta, Pablo
title The Scars of Civil War : The Long-Term Welfare Effects of the Salvadoran Armed Conflict
title_short The Scars of Civil War : The Long-Term Welfare Effects of the Salvadoran Armed Conflict
title_full The Scars of Civil War : The Long-Term Welfare Effects of the Salvadoran Armed Conflict
title_fullStr The Scars of Civil War : The Long-Term Welfare Effects of the Salvadoran Armed Conflict
title_full_unstemmed The Scars of Civil War : The Long-Term Welfare Effects of the Salvadoran Armed Conflict
title_sort scars of civil war : the long-term welfare effects of the salvadoran armed conflict
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2020
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/601951602080989218/The-Scars-of-Civil-War-The-Long-Term-Welfare-Effects-of-the-Salvadoran-Armed-Conflict
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