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Drivers and Persistence of Death in Conflicts: Global Evidence

Simplice Asongu, Joseph I. Uduji and Elda N. Okolo‐Obasi

World Affairs, 2020, vol. 183, issue 4, 389-429

Abstract: We investigate persistence and determinants of deaths from conflicts in a sample of 163 countries for the period 2010–2015. The empirical evidence is based on the Generalized Method of Moments. First, the findings are contingent on income levels, religious domination, landlockedness, regional proximity, and legal origins. We find that the persistence of deaths in internal conflict is more apparent in coastal, French civil law, and Islam‐oriented countries, compared to landlocked, English common law, Christian‐oriented countries, respectively. Second, the following factors are generally responsible for driving deaths from internal conflicts: homicides, conflict intensity, and conflicts fought. Furthermore, incarcerations have negative effects on internal conflicts. Justifications for the established tendencies and policy implications are discussed. Investigamos la persistencia y los determinantes de las muertes por conflictos en una muestra de 163 países para el período 2010 a 2015. La evidencia empírica se basa en el Método Generalizado de Momentos. Primero, los hallazgos dependen de los niveles de ingresos, la dominación religiosa, la falta de salida al mar, la proximidad regional y los orígenes legales. La persistencia de muertes en conflictos internos es más evidente en los países costeros, de derecho civil francés y de orientación islámica, en comparación con los países sin litoral, de derecho consuetudinario inglés y de orientación cristiana, respectivamente. En segundo lugar, los siguientes factores son generalmente responsables de generar muertes por conflictos internos: homicidios, intensidad del conflicto y conflictos librados. Además, los encarcelamientos tienen efectos negativos sobre los conflictos internos. Se discuten las justificaciones de las tendencias establecidas y las implicaciones políticas. 我們在2010年至2015年期間的163個國家中調查了衝突造成的死亡的持久性和決定因素。經驗證據基於廣義矩量法。首先,調查結果取決於收入水平,宗教統治,內陸性,區域親近性和法律淵源。與內陸國,英國普通法和基督教為主的國家相比,在沿海,法國民法和伊斯蘭教為主的國家,內部衝突中死亡的持續存在更為明顯。其次,以下因素通常是造成內部衝突造成死亡的原因:兇殺,衝突激烈和打架。此外,監禁對內部衝突有負面影響。討論了確定趨勢和政策含義的理由。

Date: 2020
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