The Hidden Costs of Ethnic Conflict : Decomposing Trends in Educational Outcomes of Young Kosovars

The authors examine the impact of ethnic segmentation in education on educational outcomes. Between 1991 and the late 1990s, the Albanian Kosovar population received education services in an informal system parallel to the official one. Using the 2000 Kosovo LSMS Survey data, the authors exploit cohort differences in exposure to the parallel system to estimate its effects among Albanian youth. The first (untreated) cohort includes individuals who entered secondary education before 1991 when the "parallel" education system was initiated. The second (treated) cohort includes individuals who entered secondary school in the last ten years under the ethnically segmented education system. To disentangle the effects of the changing system and economic environment, and the changes in the characteristics of the population, a Oaxaca-type decomposition is used. The results suggest that the past decade of ethnic tension has claimed a substantial toll on the educational outcomes of young male Albanian Kosovars. In addition to declines in enrollment rates in secondary education, those who are enrolled are expected to complete one less year of education. However, secondary school enrollment for girls increased during the parallel system, but with a sharp decline in the expected number of years completed.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Alva, Soumya, Murrugarra, Edmundo, Paci, Pierella
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2002-08
Subjects:	ETHNIC CONFLICT, EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES, EDUCATION DELIVERY, LIVING STANDARDS INDICATORS, SURVEY DATA, SECONDARY EDUCATION, SEGREGATION IN EDUCATION, ECONOMIC STATUS, POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS, DECOMPOSITION METHOD, STUDENT ENROLLMENT, GIRLS' EDUCATION ADDITION, ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITY, AGE GROUP, AGE GROUPS, AGED, CURRICULUM, DECISION MAKING, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DISCRIMINATION, DROPOUT RATES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, EDUCATION INVESTMENTS, EDUCATION LEVEL, EDUCATION LEVELS, EDUCATION OUTCOMES, EDUCATION SECTOR, EDUCATION SERVICES, EDUCATION SYSTEM, EDUCATION SYSTEMS, EDUCATIONAL INDICATORS, EDUCATIONAL INPUTS, EDUCATIONAL OUTCOME, EMIGRATION, ENROLLMENT RATE, ENROLLMENT RATES, ENROLMENT RATES, ETHNIC GROUPS, ETHNIC MINORITIES, FAMILIES, FEMALE EDUCATION, FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS, FORMAL EDUCATION, GENDER DIFFERENCES, GIRLS, HEALTH CARE, HOUSEHOLD SCHOOLING, HOUSING, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, ILLITERACY, INTERVENTION, INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION, LABOR FORCE, LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION, LANGUAGE EDUCATION, LIFE EXPECTANCY, LITERATURE, LIVING STANDARDS, MIGRANTS, MINORITY GROUPS, MOTHERS, PAPERS, PARENTS, POVERTY REDUCTION, PRIMARY EDUCATION, PRIMARY ENROLLMENT, PRIMARY SCHOOL, PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT, PUBLIC SECTOR, READING, REASONING, REFUGEES, RESEARCH REPORT, SCHOOL FACILITIES, SCHOOLING, SCHOOLS, SECONDARY ENROLLMENT, SECONDARY LEVEL, SECONDARY SCHOOL SYSTEM, SEGREGATED EDUCATION, SIBLINGS, SIGNIFICANT IMPACT, SOCIAL NORMS, SOCIAL POLICY, SOCIAL REFORMS, SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS, TEACHERS, TEACHING, TEACHING SKILLS, UNIVERSITY EDUCATION, URBAN AREAS, VIOLENCE, VOCATIONAL SKILLS, YOUNG WOMEN, YOUTH,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/08/1993714/hidden-costs-ethnic-conflict-decomposing-trends-educational-outcomes-young-kosovars https://hdl.handle.net/10986/19267
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