The impact of fundamentalist terrorism on school enrolment: evidence from north-western Pakistan, 2004-2016

Khan, Sarah and Seltzer, Andrew J. (2023) The impact of fundamentalist terrorism on school enrolment: evidence from north-western Pakistan, 2004-2016. Economic History Working Papers (362). London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.

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This paper investigates the Pakistani Taliban's terror campaign against girls' education in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. We measure individual exposure to terror using the time and location of attacks against schools. The evidence suggests that the impact of the campaign was limited. We find limited evidence of reduced enrolment in response to terror, except during a 21-month period when the Taliban controlled the district of Swat. Where we do find evidence of reduced enrolment, it's generally small and diminishes over time. We also find no evidence of increased enrolment in religious schools, which were not targeted by the Taliban.

Item Type:	Monograph (Working Paper)
Official URL:	https://www.lse.ac.uk/Economic-History/Working-Pap...
Additional Information:	© 2023 The Authors
Divisions:	Economic History
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions L Education > LB Theory and practice of education H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology J Political Science > JQ Political institutions Asia
JEL classification:	O - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development > O15 - Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I2 - Education > I20 - General D - Microeconomics > D7 - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making > D74 - Conflict; Conflict Resolution; Alliances O - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth > O5 - Economywide Country Studies > O53 - Asia including Middle East N - Economic History > N1 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Growth and Fluctuations > N15 - Asia including Middle East
Date Deposited:	05 Dec 2023 15:00
Last Modified:	13 Mar 2024 00:11
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/120987

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