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- Title
The Short-Term Impact of Crime on School Enrollment and School Choice: Evidence from El Salvador.
- Authors
DAHBURA, JUAN NELSON MARTÍNEZ
- Abstract
This paper employs variations in crime rates, attributed to an unprecedented countrywide truce between gangs in El Salvador in 2012, to evaluate the short-term impact of homicides and extortions on the education choices of Salvadoran households. Results reveal that the reduction in homicide rates due to the truce were associated with a migration within the education system, from public to private institutions, among boys aged fifteen to twenty-two years. The fluctuations in homicide rates were also associated with a lower school attendance for girls aged seven to fourteen years, especially due to a lower public school enrollment. No significant association between fluctuations in extortion rates and education choices was observed.
- Subjects
SCHOOL choice; HOMICIDE rates; PRIVATE schools; MUNICIPAL services; GROSS domestic product
- Publication
Economia, 2018, Vol 18, Issue 2, p121
- ISSN
1533-6239
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/eco.2018.a694086