The impact of refugee experiences on education: evidence from Burundi

Table 2 Descriptive statistics and regressions of pre-war indicators

Variable	Descriptive statistics
Variable	Returnees	Stayees		Difference (t stat)
Pre-war education (finished primary school)	0.11	0.13		− 0.03 (− 1.25)
Pre-war livestock (TLUs)	1.98	1.80		0.19 (0.72)
Pre-war land (acres)	2.20	1.91		0.29 (1.32)
Independent variable	Regressions for pre-war cohort dependent variable
Independent variable	Finished primary school	Pre-war education	Pre-war livestock	Pre-war land
Returnee	− 0.01 (− 0.21)	0.00 (0.02)	0.74 (0.86)	0.57 (1.27)
Observations	858	858	341	415

Finished primary school is a dummy indicating that the individual finished primary school. Pre-war education is the share of household members from the pre-war cohort who finished primary education. Regressions include controls for age, gender and province of birth