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Farming then fighting: agricultural idle time and armed conflict

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  • DiGiuseppe, Matthew
  • Haer, Roos
  • RezaeeDaryakenari, Babak

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Policymakers and scholars have long proposed that willingness to participate in armed conflict is influenced by citizens' income-earning opportunities. Testing this opportunity cost mechanism has led to mixed results. One reason for this might be the fact that current proxies can also serve as indicators to test grievance-based theories. In this study, we construct a more suitable measure. We use crop calendars and crop location data to build an index of agricultural idle time for first administration units on the African continent from 1990 to 2017. We test the explanatory power of this measure by examining its relationship with armed conflict. Our results show that agricultural idle time increases the probability of observing armed conflict by more than 20 percent.

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  • DiGiuseppe, Matthew & Haer, Roos & RezaeeDaryakenari, Babak, 2024. "Farming then fighting: agricultural idle time and armed conflict," Political Science Research and Methods, Cambridge University Press, vol. 12(4), pages 897-906, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:pscirm:v:12:y:2024:i:4:p:897-906_15
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