Journal article
Conflict and the formation of political beliefs in Africa
- Abstract:
- We test whether living through conflict in childhood changes political beliefs and engagement. We combine data on the location and intensity of conflicts since 1945 with nationally representative data on political attitudes and behaviors from 17 sub-Saharan African countries. Exposure from ages 0 to 14 has a very small standardized impact on later attitudes and behaviors. This finding is robust to migration and holds across a variety of definitions, specifications, and sources of data. Our results suggest that at the population level, the “conflict trap” in Africa is not driven by shifts in political beliefs and engagement caused by conflict exposure in childhood.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1086/715846
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- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- Journal:
- Economic Development and Cultural Change More from this journal
- Volume:
- 71
- Issue:
- 2
- Pages:
- 403-442
- Publication date:
- 2023-01-06
- Acceptance date:
- 2021-06-10
- DOI:
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1539-2988
- ISSN:
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0013-0079
- Language:
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English
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- Pubs id:
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1333575
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pubs:1333575
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2024-12-12
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- University of Chicago
- Copyright date:
- 2023
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- © 2023 The University of Chicago. All rights reserved. Published by The University of Chicago Press.
- Notes:
- This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from University of Chicago Press at https://dx.doi.org/10.1086/715846
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