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Violence exposure and poverty: Evidence from the Burundi civil war

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Date
2020
Sujet
Civil war; Poverty; Panel data; Burundi; O12; I32; H56; O55
JEL code
I.I3.I32; H.H5.H56; O.O1.O12; O.O5.O55
Journal issue
Journal of Comparative Economics
Volume
48
Publication date
2020
Article pages
822-840
Publisher
Elsevier
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jce.2020.04.005
URI
https://basepub.dauphine.fr/handle/123456789/20936
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Author
Mercier, Marion
Ngezebuke, R. L.
Verwimp, P.
Type
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Abstract (EN)
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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