1. Who Supports Violent Extremism in Developing Countries? : Analysis of Attitudes Based on Value Surveys
- Author
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Kiendrebeogo, Youssouf and Ianchovichina, Elena
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ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ,INFORMATION ,INVESTMENT ,SAMPLES ,TARGETING ,RESEARCH ,ECONOMIC GROWTH ,FUTURE RESEARCH ,VARIABLES ,MEASUREMENT ,EMPLOYMENT STATUS ,TESTING ,MACROECONOMIC EFFECTS ,EXTERNALITIES ,EMPLOYMENT ,SURVEY DATA ,POLITICAL ECONOMY ,POOR ,INCOME DISTRIBUTION ,EQUATIONS ,HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ,ASSOCIATIONS ,VALUE ,SECURITY ,RISK ,UTILITY ,INCOME ,OUTCOMES ,ESTIMATES ,POLICIES ,ECONOMETRICS ,INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH ,SCIENCE ,TIME ,POVERTY ,VARIABILITY ,PER CAPITA INCOME ,DISTRIBUTION ,TESTS ,CORRELATIONS ,EFFECTS ,METHODS ,AVERAGING ,RESEARCHERS ,WAR ,RURAL AREA ,ORGANIZATIONS ,ECONOMIC HISTORY ,ECONOMIC INEQUALITY ,ECONOMIC COSTS ,ESTIMATING ,UNEMPLOYED ,AGE ,REGRESSION ANALYSIS ,WAGES ,ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE ,TECHNIQUES ,RURAL AREAS ,POLITICS ,WELFARE ,ESTIMATORS ,CONFLICT ,ECONOMICS ,MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION ,INCOME INEQUALITY ,EXPECTED UTILITY ,SAMPLING ,RURAL ,MOTIVATION ,INFLUENCE ,STATISTICAL ANALYSIS ,THEORY ,INCOME QUINTILE ,DEVELOPMENT POLICY ,SIMULATIONS ,INCOME LEVELS ,RISKS ,TRADE ,SIZE ,COMPARATIVE ECONOMICS ,OBSERVATION ,ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ,ECONOMIC RESEARCH ,RESEARCH WORKING PAPERS ,PER CAPITA INCOMES ,DATA COLLECTION ,HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS ,INEQUALITY ,LAW ,METHODOLOGY ,SURVEYS - Abstract
What are the common characteristics among radicalized individuals, willing to justify attacks targeting civilians? Drawing on information on attitudes toward extreme violence and other characteristics of 30,787 individuals from 27 developing countries around the world, and employing a variety of econometric techniques, this paper identifies the partial correlates of extremism. The results suggest that the typical extremist who supports attacks against civilians is more likely to be young, unemployed and struggling to make ends meet, relatively uneducated, and not as religious as others, but more willing to sacrifice own life for his or her beliefs. Gender and marital status are not found to explain significantly the individual-level variation in attitudes toward extremism. Although these results may vary in magnitude and significance across countries and geographic regions, they are robust to various sensitivity analyses.
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- 2016