Self-employment and Conflict in Colombia

Bibliographic Data

ID6283986
AuthorsCarlos Bozzoli (0000-0001-5079-5540, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), Berlin, Germany), Thalita Bruck (0000-0002-8344-8948, German Institute for Economic Research), Tilman Brück (German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), Berlin, Germany), Nina Wald (German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), Berlin, Germany, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume57
Issue1
Pages117-142
Publication date2013-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Conflict Resolution (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-0027 • E-ISSN: 1552-8766
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0022002712464849
OpenAlexW3121970502
LanguageEN
Citations received19
References cited39

Many Colombians are confronted with the ongoing conflict that influences their decision making in everyday life, including their behavior in labor markets. This study focuses on the impact of violent conflict on self-employment, enlarging the usual determinants with a set of conflict variables. Our estimation strategy compares three different estimates: one from fixed-effects panel data (OLS-FE), estimates using lagged conflict indicators instead of contemporaneous regressors, and instrumental variables (IV-FE) estimates. Our results show that a one standard deviation increase in net displacement rates increases the rate of self-employment by about 7 percent points. Dividing the self-employed into different sectors (services and agriculture), we find that net displacement increases self-employment in the services sector but has no effect in agriculture that is affected by attacks by rebel and paramilitary groups, instead. Looking at the income of self-employed individuals, an influx of displaced reduces sharply hourly income in the self-employment sector

Agriculture · Civil Conflict · Demographic economics · Displacement (psychology · Econometrics · Economics · Estimation · Geography · Instrumental variable · Labour economics · Panel data · Political science · Self-employment · Set (abstract data type · Standard deviation · Statistics · Innovation and Socioeconomic Development · Mathematics · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Psychology · Taxation and Compliance Studies

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