Conflict-induced poverty: Evidence from Colombia

Colombia is a country with both high incidence of poverty and an ongoing civil conflict. This study uses measures of government deterrence and anti-narcotic activity as instruments of conflict-specific variables to estimate the impact of conflict on poverty in Colombia. Using census-level data at th...

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Autor: Lemus, Natalia
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:Colombia
Institución:Universidad del Rosario
Repositorio:Repositorio EdocUR - U. Rosario
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repository.urosario.edu.co:10336/22768
Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.1515/peps-2013-0056
https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/22768
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Palabra clave:Conflict
Government deterrence measures
Instrumental variables
Multidimensional poverty index
Poverty
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spelling Conflict-induced poverty: Evidence from ColombiaLemus, NataliaConflictGovernment deterrence measuresInstrumental variablesMultidimensional poverty indexPovertyColombia is a country with both high incidence of poverty and an ongoing civil conflict. This study uses measures of government deterrence and anti-narcotic activity as instruments of conflict-specific variables to estimate the impact of conflict on poverty in Colombia. Using census-level data at the municipality level for 2005, I assess the effect of conflict on both the urban and rural incidence of the newly developed Multidimensional Poverty Index. The findings show that the incidence of conflict significantly increases rural, but not urban, poverty. This is consistent with the fact that most of the conflict in Colombia takes place in rural areas. I also explore the lagged effect of conflict on poverty to conclude that it lasts for at least 3 years, but decreases over time. Finally, I show that the results are robust to a battery of additional specifications, including the use of alternative conflict data and a modified version of the dependent variable. © 2014 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin Boston 2014.20142020-05-25T23:57:55Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.1515/peps-2013-005610792457https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/22768reponame:Repositorio EdocUR - U. Rosarioinstname:Universidad del Rosarioinstacron:Universidad del Rosarioenghttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84896753847&doi=10.1515%2fpeps-2013-0056&partnerID=40&md5=eb5dea79a518fded4b089d027fbe8829info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2022-05-02T07:37:20Z
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title Conflict-induced poverty: Evidence from Colombia
spellingShingle Conflict-induced poverty: Evidence from Colombia
Lemus, Natalia
Conflict
Government deterrence measures
Instrumental variables
Multidimensional poverty index
Poverty
title_short Conflict-induced poverty: Evidence from Colombia
title_full Conflict-induced poverty: Evidence from Colombia
title_fullStr Conflict-induced poverty: Evidence from Colombia
title_full_unstemmed Conflict-induced poverty: Evidence from Colombia
title_sort Conflict-induced poverty: Evidence from Colombia
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Lemus, Natalia
author Lemus, Natalia
author_facet Lemus, Natalia
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Conflict
Government deterrence measures
Instrumental variables
Multidimensional poverty index
Poverty
topic Conflict
Government deterrence measures
Instrumental variables
Multidimensional poverty index
Poverty
description Colombia is a country with both high incidence of poverty and an ongoing civil conflict. This study uses measures of government deterrence and anti-narcotic activity as instruments of conflict-specific variables to estimate the impact of conflict on poverty in Colombia. Using census-level data at the municipality level for 2005, I assess the effect of conflict on both the urban and rural incidence of the newly developed Multidimensional Poverty Index. The findings show that the incidence of conflict significantly increases rural, but not urban, poverty. This is consistent with the fact that most of the conflict in Colombia takes place in rural areas. I also explore the lagged effect of conflict on poverty to conclude that it lasts for at least 3 years, but decreases over time. Finally, I show that the results are robust to a battery of additional specifications, including the use of alternative conflict data and a modified version of the dependent variable. © 2014 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin Boston 2014.
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