Armed Conflict and Early Human Capital Accumulation: Evidence from Cameroon's Anglophone Conflict

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This paper examines the impact of the Anglophone Conflict in Cameroon on human capital accumulation. Using high-quality individual-level data on test scores and information on conflict-related violent events, a difference-in-differences design is employed to estimate the conflict's causal effects. The results show that an increase in violent events and conflict-related deaths causes a significant decline in test scores in reading and mathematics. The conflict also leads to higher rates of teacher absenteeism and reduced access to electricity in schools. These findings highlight the adverse consequences of conflict-related violence on human capital accumulation, particularly within the Anglophone subsystem. The study emphasizes the disproportionate burden faced by Anglophone pupils due to language-rooted tensions and segregated educational systems.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: GLO Discussion Paper ; No. 1295

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Education and Economic Development ; Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration ; Conflict; Conflict Resolution; Alliances; Revolutions ; Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
• Subject: Anglophone Conflict ; Cameroon ; human capital accumulation ; educational outcomes ; language-based conflicts

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Galindo-Silva, Hector ; Tchuente, Guy
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Global Labor Organization (GLO)
• (where): Essen
• (when): 2023

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/272786
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET