Self-Employment and Conflict in Colombia

Carlos Bozzoli, Tilman Br�ck () and Nina Wald ()
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Tilman Br�ck: German Institute of Economic Research
Nina Wald: German Institute of Economic Research
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No 82, HiCN Working Papers from Households in Conflict Network

Abstract: Many Colombians are confronted with the ongoing conflict which influences their decision making in everyday life, including their behaviour on labour markets. This study focuses on the impact of violent conflict on self-employment, enlarging the usual determinants by a set of conflict variables. In order to estimate the effect of conflict on selfemployment, we employ fixed effects estimation. Three datasets are combined for estimation: the Familias en Acci�n dataset delivers information about individuals, a second dataset contains different indicators of the Colombian conflict on the municipality level and the third dataset includes taxes to measure a municipality�s economic situation. Our results show that high homicide and displacement rates at the community of origin reduces self-employment while a high influx of displaced increases the probability of self-employment at the municipality of destination.

Pages: 41 pages
Date: 2010-09
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Journal Article: Self-employment and Conflict in Colombia (2013)
Working Paper: Self-Employment and Conflict in Colombia (2011)
Working Paper: Self-Employment and Conflict in Colombia (2011)
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