The Cost of Fear : The Welfare Effect of the Risk of Violence in Northern Uganda

Although the effects of insecurity are believed to be important, these have never been directly measured. Previous estimates of the costs of conflict have only captured the joint effect of violence and insecurity. The distinction is important for u...

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Main Author:	Rockmore, Marc
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:	TERRORISM EMPLOYMENT COMMUNITIES RISKS RIGHTS MOTIVATION VILLAGES ACCOUNTING PRODUCTION CALCULATION POLITICS ERRORS INCOME LABOR ALLOCATION INFORMATION SERVICES MONITORING DEATH EFFECTS HEALTH OBSERVER VARIABLES PROJECT FEMALE HEADED HOUSEHOLDS MILITARY EXPENDITURE CITIES CRIME ASSOCIATIONS CONFLICT INTERNATIONAL BANK HOUSE PRICES SAFETY NETS INDEPENDENT VARIABLES REBELS BOOTSTRAP BIASES ARMED CONFLICT CYCLE OF VIOLENCE LABOR MARKET STANDARD DEVIATION DATA ROAD DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS INTERVENTION PORTFOLIOS RENT DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS PROBABILITY CIVIL SOCIETY MOBILITY PRODUCTIVITY EXPERTS STANDARD ERRORS VIOLENCE HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION MARKETS WORLD DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS SECURITY FORCES LABOR FOOD AID GRANTS DESIGN GENOCIDE GRANT CONSUMPTION HUMAN CAPITAL ELECTIONS RURAL COMMUNITIES FOOD SECURITY ECONOMIC COSTS POLICE BOUNDARIES VALUE GENDER CREDIT HOMES REBEL URBAN AREAS HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY VIOLENT CONFLICT YOUTH REFUGEE TACTICS MEASUREMENT MARKET FACTORS ECONOMICS FORCED LABOR MEETINGS ROADS INSURANCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RIGHTS SECURITY FEMALES WARS WAR STATISTICS RISK HOUSEHOLDS SAMPLING RURAL AREAS CRISES SUPPLY CONFLICTS LABOR SUPPLY LAW UNIVERSITY PRECISION INTERVENTIONS CIVIL WAR COMMUNITY PEACE RESEARCH LABOUR OUTCOMES SAFETY FEMALE PEACE DISTRICTS COUNTERTERRORISM PRICES ECONOMIC CONDITIONS DISPLACED PERSONS RECONSTRUCTION ECONOMIES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/04/26224162/cost-fear-welfare-effect-risk-violence-northern-uganda http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24216

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spelling	okr-10986-242162021-04-23T14:04:20Z The Cost of Fear : The Welfare Effect of the Risk of Violence in Northern Uganda Rockmore, Marc TERRORISM EMPLOYMENT COMMUNITIES RISKS RIGHTS MOTIVATION VILLAGES ACCOUNTING PRODUCTION CALCULATION POLITICS ERRORS INCOME LABOR ALLOCATION INFORMATION SERVICES MONITORING DEATH EFFECTS HEALTH OBSERVER VARIABLES PROJECT FEMALE HEADED HOUSEHOLDS MILITARY EXPENDITURE CITIES CRIME ASSOCIATIONS CONFLICT INTERNATIONAL BANK HOUSE PRICES SAFETY NETS INDEPENDENT VARIABLES REBELS BOOTSTRAP BIASES ARMED CONFLICT CYCLE OF VIOLENCE LABOR MARKET STANDARD DEVIATION DATA ROAD DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS INTERVENTION PORTFOLIOS RENT DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS PROBABILITY CIVIL SOCIETY MOBILITY PRODUCTIVITY EXPERTS STANDARD ERRORS VIOLENCE HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION MARKETS WORLD DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS SECURITY FORCES LABOR FOOD AID GRANTS DESIGN GENOCIDE GRANT CONSUMPTION HUMAN CAPITAL ELECTIONS RURAL COMMUNITIES FOOD SECURITY ECONOMIC COSTS POLICE BOUNDARIES VALUE GENDER CREDIT HOMES REBEL URBAN AREAS HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY VIOLENT CONFLICT YOUTH REFUGEE TACTICS MEASUREMENT MARKET FACTORS ECONOMICS FORCED LABOR MEETINGS ROADS INSURANCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RIGHTS SECURITY FEMALES WARS WAR STATISTICS RISK HOUSEHOLDS SAMPLING RURAL AREAS CRISES SUPPLY CONFLICTS LABOR SUPPLY LAW UNIVERSITY PRECISION INTERVENTIONS CIVIL WAR COMMUNITY PEACE RESEARCH LABOUR OUTCOMES SAFETY FEMALE PEACE DISTRICTS COUNTERTERRORISM PRICES ECONOMIC CONDITIONS DISPLACED PERSONS RECONSTRUCTION ECONOMIES Although the effects of insecurity are believed to be important, these have never been directly measured. Previous estimates of the costs of conflict have only captured the joint effect of violence and insecurity. The distinction is important for understanding the origins of the costs and for policy design. Spatially disaggregated measures of insecurity are created based on the spatial-temporal variation in the placement of violence. These are used to generate the first estimates of the relative causal contributions of the risk and experience of violence. The article also provides the first micro-data based counterpart to the cross-country literature on the costs of conflict. 2016-05-04T18:31:54Z 2016-05-04T18:31:54Z 2016-04 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/04/26224162/cost-fear-welfare-effect-risk-violence-northern-uganda http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24216 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7642 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa Uganda
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topic	TERRORISM EMPLOYMENT COMMUNITIES RISKS RIGHTS MOTIVATION VILLAGES ACCOUNTING PRODUCTION CALCULATION POLITICS ERRORS INCOME LABOR ALLOCATION INFORMATION SERVICES MONITORING DEATH EFFECTS HEALTH OBSERVER VARIABLES PROJECT FEMALE HEADED HOUSEHOLDS MILITARY EXPENDITURE CITIES CRIME ASSOCIATIONS CONFLICT INTERNATIONAL BANK HOUSE PRICES SAFETY NETS INDEPENDENT VARIABLES REBELS BOOTSTRAP BIASES ARMED CONFLICT CYCLE OF VIOLENCE LABOR MARKET STANDARD DEVIATION DATA ROAD DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS INTERVENTION PORTFOLIOS RENT DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS PROBABILITY CIVIL SOCIETY MOBILITY PRODUCTIVITY EXPERTS STANDARD ERRORS VIOLENCE HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION MARKETS WORLD DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS SECURITY FORCES LABOR FOOD AID GRANTS DESIGN GENOCIDE GRANT CONSUMPTION HUMAN CAPITAL ELECTIONS RURAL COMMUNITIES FOOD SECURITY ECONOMIC COSTS POLICE BOUNDARIES VALUE GENDER CREDIT HOMES REBEL URBAN AREAS HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY VIOLENT CONFLICT YOUTH REFUGEE TACTICS MEASUREMENT MARKET FACTORS ECONOMICS FORCED LABOR MEETINGS ROADS INSURANCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RIGHTS SECURITY FEMALES WARS WAR STATISTICS RISK HOUSEHOLDS SAMPLING RURAL AREAS CRISES SUPPLY CONFLICTS LABOR SUPPLY LAW UNIVERSITY PRECISION INTERVENTIONS CIVIL WAR COMMUNITY PEACE RESEARCH LABOUR OUTCOMES SAFETY FEMALE PEACE DISTRICTS COUNTERTERRORISM PRICES ECONOMIC CONDITIONS DISPLACED PERSONS RECONSTRUCTION ECONOMIES
spellingShingle	TERRORISM EMPLOYMENT COMMUNITIES RISKS RIGHTS MOTIVATION VILLAGES ACCOUNTING PRODUCTION CALCULATION POLITICS ERRORS INCOME LABOR ALLOCATION INFORMATION SERVICES MONITORING DEATH EFFECTS HEALTH OBSERVER VARIABLES PROJECT FEMALE HEADED HOUSEHOLDS MILITARY EXPENDITURE CITIES CRIME ASSOCIATIONS CONFLICT INTERNATIONAL BANK HOUSE PRICES SAFETY NETS INDEPENDENT VARIABLES REBELS BOOTSTRAP BIASES ARMED CONFLICT CYCLE OF VIOLENCE LABOR MARKET STANDARD DEVIATION DATA ROAD DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS INTERVENTION PORTFOLIOS RENT DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS PROBABILITY CIVIL SOCIETY MOBILITY PRODUCTIVITY EXPERTS STANDARD ERRORS VIOLENCE HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION MARKETS WORLD DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS SECURITY FORCES LABOR FOOD AID GRANTS DESIGN GENOCIDE GRANT CONSUMPTION HUMAN CAPITAL ELECTIONS RURAL COMMUNITIES FOOD SECURITY ECONOMIC COSTS POLICE BOUNDARIES VALUE GENDER CREDIT HOMES REBEL URBAN AREAS HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY VIOLENT CONFLICT YOUTH REFUGEE TACTICS MEASUREMENT MARKET FACTORS ECONOMICS FORCED LABOR MEETINGS ROADS INSURANCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RIGHTS SECURITY FEMALES WARS WAR STATISTICS RISK HOUSEHOLDS SAMPLING RURAL AREAS CRISES SUPPLY CONFLICTS LABOR SUPPLY LAW UNIVERSITY PRECISION INTERVENTIONS CIVIL WAR COMMUNITY PEACE RESEARCH LABOUR OUTCOMES SAFETY FEMALE PEACE DISTRICTS COUNTERTERRORISM PRICES ECONOMIC CONDITIONS DISPLACED PERSONS RECONSTRUCTION ECONOMIES Rockmore, Marc The Cost of Fear : The Welfare Effect of the Risk of Violence in Northern Uganda
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relation	Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7642
description	Although the effects of insecurity are believed to be important, these have never been directly measured. Previous estimates of the costs of conflict have only captured the joint effect of violence and insecurity. The distinction is important for understanding the origins of the costs and for policy design. Spatially disaggregated measures of insecurity are created based on the spatial-temporal variation in the placement of violence. These are used to generate the first estimates of the relative causal contributions of the risk and experience of violence. The article also provides the first micro-data based counterpart to the cross-country literature on the costs of conflict.
format	Working Paper
author	Rockmore, Marc
author_facet	Rockmore, Marc
author_sort	Rockmore, Marc
title	The Cost of Fear : The Welfare Effect of the Risk of Violence in Northern Uganda
title_short	The Cost of Fear : The Welfare Effect of the Risk of Violence in Northern Uganda
title_full	The Cost of Fear : The Welfare Effect of the Risk of Violence in Northern Uganda
title_fullStr	The Cost of Fear : The Welfare Effect of the Risk of Violence in Northern Uganda
title_full_unstemmed	The Cost of Fear : The Welfare Effect of the Risk of Violence in Northern Uganda
title_sort	cost of fear : the welfare effect of the risk of violence in northern uganda
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2016
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/04/26224162/cost-fear-welfare-effect-risk-violence-northern-uganda http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24216
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The Cost of Fear : The Welfare Effect of the Risk of Violence in Northern Uganda

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