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Climate Shocks, State Capacity and Peasant Uprisings in North China during 25–1911 ce

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ID9727498
AuthorsQiang Chen (0000-0002-6318-0649, School of Economics Shandong University, corresponding author)
Year2015
Volume82
Issue326
Pages295-318
Publication date2015-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEconomica (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0013-0427 • E-ISSN: 1468-0335
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/ecca.12114
OpenAlexW2133472693
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited46

China provides an interesting case study of civil conflict because of her long history and rich records. Using a unique dynastic panel dataset for north China during 25–1911 ce , this study finds that severe famines and dynastic age were positively correlated with peasant uprisings, whereas government disaster relief as a proxy for state capacity played a significant mitigating role. Negative climate shocks (e.g. severe drought, locust plagues) affected peasant uprisings primarily through the channel of severe famines. The effects of population density, temperature and other climate shocks (e.g. flood, levee breaches, snow disasters) were either not robust or insignificant

China · Development economics · Economics · Flood myth · Geography · Peasant · Population · Proxy (statistics) · Sociology · State (computer science) · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · Demography · Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies

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