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Income inequality, redistribution and domestic terrorism
We analyze the effect of income inequality on terrorism for a sample of 113 countries between 1984 and 2012. We provide evidence, robust to various methodological changes (e.g., the use of instrumental-variable approaches), that higher levels of income inequality are associated with more domestic terrorism. Analyzing the underlying transmission channels, we find that this effect is in parts due to the ill effects of income inequality on institutional outcomes (e.g., corruption) which in turn motivate domestic terrorism. We also investigate whether redistributional efforts can be effective in reducing terrorist activity. We find that countries that redistribute more see less domestic terrorism, in parts because redistribution improves institutional conditions. In light of this latter finding, we discuss the implications of our analysis for policymakers who want to counter domestic terrorism through redistributive policies.
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Journal: World Development ; ISSN: 1873-5991 ; Volume: 116 ; Year: 2019 ; Pages: 125-136 ; Amsterdam: Elsevier
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Wirtschaft
Conflict; Conflict Resolution; Alliances; Revolutions
Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models: Instrumental Variables (IV) Estimation
- Subject
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income inequality
terrorism
Gini coefficient
relative deprivation
redistribution
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Krieger, Tim
Meierrieks, Daniel
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Veröffentlichung
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Elsevier
ZBW – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics
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Amsterdam
- (when)
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2019
- DOI
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doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2018.12.008
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- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET
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- Artikel
Associated
- Krieger, Tim
- Meierrieks, Daniel
- Elsevier
- ZBW – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics
Time of origin
- 2019
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