The effects of political protests on youth human capital and well-being in Egypt.
Egypt
Human capital
Mental health
Political protests
Transition to adulthood
Young adults
Journal
Social science & medicine (1982)
ISSN: 1873-5347
Titre abrégé: Soc Sci Med
Pays: England
ID NLM: 8303205
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
12 2019
12 2019
Historique:
received:
13
02
2019
revised:
30
09
2019
accepted:
14
10
2019
pubmed:
5
11
2019
medline:
25
8
2020
entrez:
4
11
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Protests are one of the most common expressions of modern political conflict, and the wave of demonstrations that marked the onset of the Arab Spring contributed to a global increase in protest activity. Yet few studies have examined the effects of exposure to protests on population well-being even though such exposure may have profound and lasting effects, especially if experienced at critical stages of development over the life course. The aim of our study is to estimate the effects of exposure to political protests on the human capital accumulation and well-being of youth during the tumultuous political transition experienced in Egypt from 2011 to 2014. For a nationally representative panel of youth captured in the 2009 and 2013/2014 waves of the Survey of Young People in Egypt (SYPE), we exploit exogenous geospatial variation in the occurrence of political protests from the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data (ACLED) Project to estimate individual-level changes in social trust, uncertainty, education, and health outcomes for youth exposed to protests. In our panel, 31.1% of the sample lived in districts where riots or protests occurred. Exposure to protests increased overall perceptions of uncertainty about the future. Young men ever exposed to protests were slightly more likely to report good overall health, but experienced sizable worsening in mental health compared to young women ever exposed. Differences by own and family participation in protest events were found for perceptions of uncertainty and mental health. In the aftermath of the Arab Spring and other mass protest movements around the globe, these findings highlight the importance of examining the population-level impacts of different forms of political conflict, particularly as substantial numbers of youth in Middle East and North Africa and elsewhere progress to adulthood under conditions of political instability.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31678814
pii: S0277-9536(19)30597-0
doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.112602
pmc: PMC6897331
mid: NIHMS1544541
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
112602Subventions
Organisme : NICHD NIH HHS
ID : R03 HD082532
Pays : United States
Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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