Resumo

RODRIGUEZ SANCHEZ, Antonio; VEGA FLOREZ, Edwin José; ALVIS ESTRADA, Luis  e  CASTRO AVILA, Robinson. Effects of the Colombian armed conflict in the educational coverage of the Bolivar department in the period of 1995-2008. Semest. Econ. [online]. 2011, vol.14, n.28, pp. 67-75. ISSN 0120-6346.

The present study estimates the impact of the internal armed conflict in the education coverage in the Bolivar Department between the years 1995 and 2008 through a double logarithmic regression analysis through an ordinary least square method. The explanation variables are; homicides, kidnapping and forced displacement and one dummy variable which is the Democratic Security Policy.) the best regression was determined by the Akaike Information Criteria (CIA). The educational coverage reported a high correlation with the kidnapping rate. Forced displacement and democratic security where associated to educational coverage. A positive impact of the democratic security policy is observed given the fact that since the beginning of its implementation, educational coverage has varied positively.

Palavras-chave : Education economy; education coverage; armed conflict; ordinary least squares.