The Effects of School-Related Gender-Based Violence on Academic Performance: Evidence from Botswana, Ghana, and South Africa
The present study aims to identify and quantify the effects of bullying on academic performance using the datasets collected from surveys conducted in 2011 in Botswana, Ghana, and South Africa. It adopts an analytical approach that enables differentiation between the influence of bullying and demographic and economic factors on academic performance in an effort to inform educational policy.