TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Roy, Sutanuka
AU  - Singh, Prakarsh
        TI  - Gender Bias in Education during Conflict: Evidence from Assam
        PY  - 2016/Jul/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 10092
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp10092
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - conflict
KW  - education
KW  - gender discrimination
KW  - human capital
KW  - India
        ER  -