Class Year
2017
Document Type
Student Research Paper
Date of Creation
Fall 2015
Department 1
Political Science
Abstract
In this paper, I analyze the impact of education on civil war onset, utilizing variables measuring length of compulsory education and number of internal armed conflicts in a given country per year. Using data from the Quality of Government Institute’s Quality of Government Standard Time Series data set, I test this hypothesis and find that an increase in compulsory education length decreases the expected number of internal armed conflicts. The results suggest further importance of education as a great equalizer among individuals as well as nations.
Copyright Note
This is the author's version of the work. This publication appears in Gettysburg College's institutional repository by permission of the copyright owner for personal use, not for redistribution.
Recommended Citation
Thomas, Maja K., "Education: A More Powerful Weapon Than War?" (2015). Student Publications. 400.
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/student_scholarship/400
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Comments
This paper was written for Professor Caroline Hartzell's course, POL 351: The Political Economy of Armed Conflict, Fall 2015.