Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/298718 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Citation: 
[Journal:] IZA Journal of Development and Migration [ISSN:] 2520-1786 [Volume:] 13 [Issue:] 1 [Article No.:] 9 [Year:] 2022 [Pages:] 1-41
Publisher: 
Sciendo, Warsaw
Abstract: 
This study examines the impact of the Sierra Leone civil war on household expenditure inequality. The paper exploits three rounds of household survey data for Sierra Leone in an attempt to estimate the impact of the conflict on the distribution of household welfare over both short-run and long-run periods. The empirical approach uses RIF measures based on the Gini index and also provides estimates of treatment effects at selected quantiles of the unconditional household expenditure distribution. The key findings reveal that localities subject to a protracted period of occupation by rebel forces experienced a sharp reduction in household expenditure inequality in the immediate aftermath of the conflict with most of the contraction evident at the top end of the distribution.
Subjects: 
conflict
Sierra Leone
household welfare inequality
JEL: 
N47
D74
O12
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Document Type: 
Article

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