| 来源类型 | Discussion paper |
| 规范类型 | 论文 |
| 来源ID | DP11496 |
| DP11496 Malaria Risk and Civil Violence | |
| Uwe Sunde; Matteo Cervellati; Elena Esposito | |
| 发表日期 | 2016-09-08 |
| 出版年 | 2016 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | Using high-resolution data from Africa over the period 1998-2012, this paper investigates the hypothesis that a higher exposure to malaria increases the incidence of civil violence. The econometric identification exploits exogenous monthly within-grid-cell variation in weather conditions that are particularly suitable for malaria transmission and compares the effect across cells with different latent malaria exposure, which affects the resistance and immunity of the population. By conditioning on cell-year and month fixed effects, the empirical specification accounts for most complementary determinants of violence that have been identified in the existing literature. The results document a robust effect of the occurrence of suitable conditions for malaria on civil violence. The effect is shown to be highest in areas with low levels of immunity and to affect unorganized violence in terms of riots and protests and confrontations between militias and civilians, instead of geo-strategic violence. The effect spikes during short harvesting periods of staple crops that are particularly important for the subsistence of the population. The paper ends with an exploration of the role of anti-malarial policies. |
| 主题 | Development Economics ; Macroeconomics and Growth |
| 关键词 | Malaria risk Civil violence Immunity Cell-level data Weather shocks Africa |
| URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp11496 |
| 来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom) |
| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/540310 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Uwe Sunde,Matteo Cervellati,Elena Esposito. DP11496 Malaria Risk and Civil Violence. 2016. |
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