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Sajia Darwish; Christine Min Wotipka – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2024
Using data from its national university entrance exam, we examined the relationship between armed conflict and student achievement in Afghanistan. Exploiting the province-year variation in exposure to conflict intensity, we estimated the relationship between conflict and exam results generally and by gender for all test takers from 2014-2019.…
Descriptors: Conflict, Weapons, Violence, Academic Achievement
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Borch, Casey; Wallace, Michael – Social Forces, 2010
Using growth curve modeling techniques, this research investigates whether military spending improved or worsened the economic well-being of citizens within the American states during the post-Vietnam War period. We empirically test the military Keynesianism claim that military spending improves the economic conditions of citizens through its use…
Descriptors: National Security, Hypothesis Testing, Armed Forces, Weapons
Machel, Graca – 2001
The outgrowth of a 1996 report on the impact of armed conflict on the well-being of children, and preparation for the 2000 International Conference on War-affected Children, this book examines progress made and obstacles encountered since 1996 in relieving the trauma of armed conflict. The stories recount family displacement, the rise of HIV/AIDS…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Change Strategies, Child Health, Child Welfare