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Title Armed Conflicts and Household Socioeconomic Status in the Lake Chad Basin: A Random Coefficient Model Approach
Full text http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/17753/1/Armed%20Conflicts.pdf
Date 2023
Author(s) Olarinde, Muftau Olaiya; Osabohien, Romanus; Osabuohien, E. S. C.
Abstract This study extends the existing literature on the relationship between armed conflicts and the socioeconomic status of households in Lake Chad Basin (LCB) countries by adopting a random coefficient model to analyse micro-panel data covering the 1997'2020 periods. The random coefficient approach allows for country-specific effects in explaining variations in both the nature and degree of the effects of conflict due to differing country characteristics. The result evidenced a significant negative effect of the average impact of armed conflict on poverty, while the coefficient of educational outcome is insignificant. The country-specific results point to significant inter-country variations in the impact of armed conflicts on poverty and education outcomes. The descriptive statistics result shows that the inter-country variations could be attributed to differing quality of institutions. Finally, environmental degradation and macroeconomic uncertainties do not appear to bear a systematic relationship with households@ level of socioeconomic status in the Lake Chad Basin. These findings indicate that a uniform and blanket adoption of public policies by government in Lake Chad Basin countries will not yield a significant positive result. Therefore, governments, practitioners and academicians should contextualise policies/recommendations meant to improve socioeconomic status of households in conflict, while strengthening the quality of institutions to ameliorate the impact of conflict on socioeconomic status (SES) of households.
Subject(s) H Social Sciences (General); HB Economic Theory
Language en
Relation http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/17753/; https://www.degruyter.com/how-access-works; https://doi.org/10.1515/peps-2023-0013
Type of publication Article; PeerReviewed
Format application/pdf
Identifier Olarinde, Muftau Olaiya and Osabohien, Romanus and Osabuohien, E. S. C. (2023) Armed Conflicts and Household Socioeconomic Status in the Lake Chad Basin: A Random Coefficient Model Approach. Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy.
Repository Nigeria - Covenant University
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