I hope I die before I get old. The suppy side of the market for suicide attacks
Zusammenfassung
This paper analyzes the link between youth bulges, insurrections and the moderating role of labor-market restrictions. We develop a theoretical model of insurrection markets and integrate the relative youth cohort size. In equilibrium, a binding labor-market constraint interacts with the youth bulge in determining the level of insurrection activities within the society. We test the implications of our model for a sample for 135 non-OECD countries in the post Cold War period and find the effect of the relative youth cohort size on insurrection outbreaks to be moderated by changes in the labor-market conditions as approximated by unemployment rates.
Schlüsselwörter
Conflict; National Security; Suicide Attacks; Terrorism
Zitieren als
Apolte, T. (2020). I hope I die before I get old. The suppy side of the market for suicide attacks. Defence and Peace Economics, 31, 469–484.Details
Publikationstyp
Forschungsartikel (Zeitschrift)
Begutachtet
Ja
Publikationsstatus
Veröffentlicht
Jahr
2020
Fachzeitschrift
Defence and Peace Economics
Band
31
Erste Seite
469
Letzte Seite
484
Sprache
Englisch
ISSN
1024-2694
DOI