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Type | Journal Article - RUN |
Title | Do the psychological impacts of war cause poverty?: Evidence from Mozambique |
Author(s) | |
Publication (Day/Month/Year) | 2015 |
Page numbers | 1-26 |
URL | https://run.unl.pt/handle/10362/15091 |
Abstract | This paper evaluates the extent to which war-related psychological distress causes poverty. The endogeneous nature of mental distress is addressed by using exposure to the civil war in Mozambique as an instrument. It is found that exposure to war has a significant and positive long-lasting impact on mental distress. Furthermore, the causal impact of war-related psychological distress on income and wealth is shown to be significant, negative, and nonnegligible. One standard deviation increase in mental distress decreases income by half a standard deviation. These findings are robust to alternative specifications, including the use of an alternative database on the incidence of PTSD in Mozambique. |
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Madaleno, Margarida Nunes. "Do the psychological impacts of war cause poverty?: Evidence from Mozambique." RUN (2015).