Civil war, social capital and resilience in Uganda
Year: 2015
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: We show that armed conflict in Uganda affects social capital as measured by trust and associational membership. Relying on three rounds of nationally representative individual-level data bracketing a large number of violent events, we find that self-reported generalized trust and associational membership decreased during the conflict in districts in which violent events took place. But we also find evidence for a rapid recovery of social capital in the aftermath of violence. Results from a variety of identification strategies, including difference-in-differences and instrumental variable estimates, suggests that these relationships are causal.
Source: Oxford Economic Papers
DOI: 10.1093/oep/gpv036
Authors: Giacomo De Luca, Marijke Verpoorten
Institutions: University of York, KU Leuven, University of Antwerp
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2157153000