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Who Supports Violent Extremism in Developing Countries? : Analysis of Attitudes Based on Value Surveys
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- World Bank, Washington, DC, 2016.
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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.
- Subjects :
- 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
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.od......2456..14de421630be1751304cb66d47992548