From vice to virtue? Civil war and social capital in Uganda
We show that armed conflict affects social capital as measured by trust and associational membership. Using the case of Uganda and two rounds of nationally representative individual-level data bracketing a large number of battle events, we find that self-reported generalized trust and associational membership decreased during the conflict in districts in which battle events took place. Exploiting the different timing of two distinct waves of violence, we provide suggestive evidence for a rapid recovery of social capital. Evidence from a variety of identification strategies, including difference-in-difference and instrumental variavle estimates, suggest that these relationships are causal.
Year of publication: |
2011
|
---|---|
Authors: | Luca, Giacomo De ; Verpoorten, Marijke |
Institutions: | LICOS Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance, Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen |
Saved in:
freely available
Saved in favorites
Similar items by person
-
Cultural Differences, Assimilation and Behavior: Player Nationality and Penalties in Football
Luca, Giacomo De, (2011)
-
Self-Reported Food Insecurity in Africa During the Food Price Crisis
Verpoorten, Marijke, (2012)
-
Leave None to Claim the Land. A Malthusian Catastrophe in Rwanda?
Verpoorten, Marijke, (2011)
- More ...