Violence exposure and poverty: Evidence from the Burundi civil war
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International audience ; We investigate the relationship between exposure to the Burundi Civil War and household (food) poverty, using a three-wave household-level panel matched with data on local-level violence. We find that households living in localities exposed to the war have been subsequently more likely to be poor than non-exposed households. Within-household estimations, controlling for time-varying heterogeneity at the province level, confirm the positive impact of violence exposure on household poverty. We investigate some of the potential mechanisms at play in the violence – poverty nexus, and the role of violence exposure in household poverty dynamics over time. Our results notably suggest that the destruction of physical capital, as well as a shift of exposed households out of non-farm activities, shape poverty dynamics and lower their chances of durably remaining out of poverty.
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Violence exposure and poverty: Evidence from the Burundi civil war
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Mercier, Marion ; Ngenzebuke, Rama Lionel ; Verwimp, Philip ; Développement, institutions et analyses de long terme (DIAL) ; Laboratoire d'Economie de Dauphine (LEDa) ; Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Paris Dauphine-PSL ; Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) ; Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) |
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Zeitschrift: | ISSN: 0147-5967, 2020 |
Veröffentlichung: | HAL CCSD ; Elsevier, 2020 |
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ISSN: | 0147-5967 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.jce.2020.04.005 |
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