US Criminal Deportations and Human Capital in Central America
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Abstract
In this paper I ask whether peer effects generate changes in education investments in the areas where deported criminals are located in Central America using administrative data in El Salvador. I exploit the increase in criminal deportations from the United States in 1996 to analyze how individuals who grew up in municipalities affected by gangs in 1996 have fewer years of schooling when they are young adults. I find that individuals who were exposed during childhood to gang leaders have less schooling than those who were older than 16 in 1996 when the law was passed.Citation
Sviatschi, Maria Micaela. 2019. "US Criminal Deportations and Human Capital in Central America." AEA Papers and Proceedings, 109: 239-42. DOI: 10.1257/pandp.20191061Additional Materials
JEL Classification
- I25 Education and Economic Development
- J18 Demographic Economics: Public Policy
- J24 Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- K42 Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
- O15 Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
- O17 Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
- Z13 Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification