@article{9cd7e6f9d70548b8a74f0efe9f79df42,
title = "The Human Capital Peace Dividend",
abstract = "While the literature has documented negative effects of conflict on educational outcomes, there is little evidence on the effect of conflict termination. We show how the permanent ceasefire declared by FARC{\textquoteright}s insurgency during peace negotiations with the Colombian government caused a differential improvement on several educational outcomes in the areas affected by FARC violence prior to the ceasefire. These effects are not explained by peace building and post-war recovery investments, and they are only partially driven by wartime child soldiering.",
author = "Mounu Prem and Vargas, {Juan F.} and Olga Namen",
note = "Funding Information: Mounu Prem is at School of Economics, Universidad del Rosario, Bogot{\'a} (francisco.munoz@urosario .edu.co). Juan F. Vargas is at School of Economics, Universidad del Rosario (corresponding author: juan .vargas@urosario.edu.co). Olga Namen is at Innovations for Poverty Action (olga.namen@urosario.edu .co). The authors thank Felipe Barrera, Raquel Bernal, Leonardo Bonilla, Mathieu Couttenier, Antonio Hern{\'a}ndez, Charu Prem, Jacob Shapiro, Oliver Vanden Eynde, Alexander Villarraga, Austin Wright, and seminar participants at Banco de la Rep{\'u}blica (Bogot{\'a} and Medell{\'i}n), LACEA, Rosario-Andes Taller Applied (RATA), and the 2019 PSE Workshop on Conflict for helpful comments and suggestions. Nathalie Basto, Carolina Bernal, Gabriel Su{\'a}rez, Andr{\'e}s Rivera, and Catalina Zambrano provided excellent research assistance. Namen participated in this project during a postdoctoral fellowship at Universidad del Rosario. The views expressed in the paper do not necessarily reflect those of Innovations for Poverty Action. The research reported in this paper was made possible in part by a grant from the Spencer Foundation (#202000039) as well as by the Colombia Cient{\'i}fica-Alianza EFI Research Program 60185 with contract No. FP44842-220-2018. The views expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Spencer Foundation. The authors have nothing to disclose. The data used in this article are available online at ICPSR (https://doi.org/10.3886/E135341V1). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2023 by the Board of Regents of the University ofWisconsin System",
year = "2023",
doi = "10.3368/jhr.59.1.0320-10805R2",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "58",
pages = "962--1002",
journal = "Journal of Human Resources",
issn = "0022-166X",
publisher = "University of Wisconsin Press",
number = "3",
}
