Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/207396 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 12570
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Several papers have attempted to estimate and document the impact of conflict on several education, health and socioeconomic outcomes. One lesson from the past research is the heterogeneity in the effect of violent conflict across and within countries. In this paper we attempt to estimate the casual impact of conflict in Nigeria on welfare related outcomes. The 2009 insurgence of Boko Haram and the Fulani herdsmen versus farmers conflicts have led to a significant increase in violent conflict in the North Eastern and Central parts of Nigeria. However, bouts of violent conflict have existed in different communities across the country since independence. We estimate the average effect of violent conflict exposure on welfare, across Nigeria using the three waves of the Nigerian General Household Survey (GHS) panel combined with The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data (ACLED). Employing a fixed effect approach, our results suggest that recent and long term exposure to conflict increased the incidence, intensity and severity of poverty in Nigeria. In addition we find that exposure to violent conflict also decreased household income.
Subjects: 
violence
Nigeria
conflict
Boko Haram
economic welfare
poverty
JEL: 
I10
I30
O1
D74
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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