Data and Code: Mobilizing the Masses for Genocide

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Thorsten Rogall, University of British Columbia

Version:  View help for Version V2

Name File Type Size Last Modified
  Gender_compliers 04/19/2021 03:31:PM
  IPUMS 04/19/2021 03:32:PM
  MAINTEST 04/19/2021 03:32:PM
  Rainfall 04/19/2021 03:33:PM
  cofeemills 04/19/2021 02:39:PM
  coffee_census 04/19/2021 02:39:PM
  composition 04/19/2021 02:39:PM
  compositionRTLM 04/19/2021 02:39:PM
  con_farmTEST 04/19/2021 02:40:PM
  deaths 04/19/2021 02:40:PM

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary Do political elites use armed groups to foster civilian participation in genocidal violence? Are armed groups employed strategically? How do they mobilize civilians? I investigate these questions using data from the Rwandan Genocide. To establish causality, I exploit exogenous variation in armed groups' transport costs induced by weather fluctuations: the shortest distance of each village to the main road interacted with rainfall along the dirt tracks between main road and village. I find: (1) one additional armed-group member resulted in 7.3 more civilian perpetrators, (2) armed-group leaders employed their men strategically, and (3) armed groups invoked civilians' obedience.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms Genocide
JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      D74 Conflict; Conflict Resolution; Alliances; Revolutions
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage Rwanda
Universe:  View help for Universe Administrative Sectors in Rwanda in 1994
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) administrative records data; census/enumeration data; geographic information system (GIS) data; survey data

Methodology

Unit(s) of Observation:  View help for Unit(s) of Observation Sectors in Rwanda

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V2 [2021-04-21]

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