@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp10092, author={Roy, Sutanuka and Singh, Prakarsh}, title={Gender Bias in Education during Conflict: Evidence from Assam}, year={2016}, month={Jul}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={10092}, url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp10092}, abstract={Using a large-scale novel panel dataset (2005–14) on schools from the Indian state of Assam, we test for the impact of violent conflict on female students' enrollment rates. We find that a doubling of average killings in a district-year leads to a 13 per cent drop in girls' enrollment rate with school fixed effects. Additionally, results remain similar when using an alternative definition of conflict from a different dataset. Gender differential responses are more negative for lower grades, rural schools, poorer districts, and for schools run by local and private unaided bodies.}, keywords={conflict;education;gender discrimination;human capital;India}, }