Epidemic Shocks and Civil Violence: Evidence from Malaria Outbreaks in Africa
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Abstract This paper presents the first systematic investigation of effect epidemic shocks on civil violence. The identification exploits exogenous within cell × year variation in conditions that are suitable for malaria transmission using a panel database with month-by-month at resolution 1∘×1∘ latitude/longitude Africa. Suitable increase violence areas populations susceptible to outbreaks. is immediate, related acute phase and largest during short harvesting seasons subsistence crops. Genetic immunities antimalaria policies attenuate effect. results deliver new insights prevention attenuation potential consequences climate change.
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عنوان ژورنال: The Review of Economics and Statistics
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['0034-6535', '1530-9142']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1162/rest_a_01050