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Fear Not For Man? Armed conflict and social capital in Mali

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Date
2019
Dewey
Croissance et développement économiques
Sujet
Social capital; Conflict; Participation; Trust; Mali
JEL code
Z.Z1.Z13; O.O1.O12; F.F5.F51; D.D7.D71
Journal issue
Journal of Comparative Economics
Publication date
2019
Publisher
Elsevier
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jce.2019.11.005
URI
https://basepub.dauphine.fr/handle/123456789/20456
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Author
Calvo, Thomas
11609 Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)
12772 Développement, institutions et analyses de long terme [DIAL]
163511 Laboratoire d'Economie de Dauphine [LEDa]
Lavallée, Emmanuelle
11609 Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)
559342 Laboratoire d'Economie de Dauphine [LEDa]
Razafindrakoto, Mireille
12772 Développement, institutions et analyses de long terme [DIAL]
163511 Laboratoire d'Economie de Dauphine [LEDa]
Roubaud, François
11609 Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)
12772 Développement, institutions et analyses de long terme [DIAL]
163511 Laboratoire d'Economie de Dauphine [LEDa]
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Article accepté pour publication ou publié
Abstract (EN)
This paper studies the effects of armed conflict on social capital in Mali, where a violent conflict has been raging since 2012. We examine the conflict’s impacts on associational membership using event location data and unique survey data on governance, peace and security (GPS-SHaSA). We show that, in conflict-exposed areas, adult involvement in associations increases from 7 to 14 percentage points. Instrumental variable and difference-in-differences strategies complementary mitigate reverse causation and omitted variable biases as estimated results remain very consistent. Robust estimations constrained to non-migrants samples also rule out selection into migration. Yet this result, consistent with the argument that armed conflict cultivates social engagement, is not a positive outcome in the case of Mali. The increase is observed solely for family and political associations, which are comparatively inward-looking and act as interest groups. We interpret this finding as a form of withdrawal behind group or community boundaries, an interpretation supported by further analysis of interpersonal trust. This sort of withdrawal may exacerbate ethnic divisions and deepen the conflict.

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