Hi Lauren! Thanks for the post!
Did you come across some literature on civil wars and life satisfaction ? Because I expect the effect of civil wars on the latter to be significant so I’d be curious to know if there were some estimates.
I wish there was more data on this! There is very little systematic data collection on refugees and IDPs in the Global South. I had trouble finding data on physical health—e.g. life expectancy for those displaced by civil war—and well-being data was even thinner on the ground. I even tweeted about how much I wanted this data to exist. ;)
I certainly expect that experiencing or being displaced by civil war has substantially negative effects on well-being—this paper shows the effects persist for at least three decades—but I didn’t feel I had enough data in order to really include it in my BOTEC.
Hi Lauren! Thanks for the post! Did you come across some literature on civil wars and life satisfaction ? Because I expect the effect of civil wars on the latter to be significant so I’d be curious to know if there were some estimates.
I wish there was more data on this! There is very little systematic data collection on refugees and IDPs in the Global South. I had trouble finding data on physical health—e.g. life expectancy for those displaced by civil war—and well-being data was even thinner on the ground. I even tweeted about how much I wanted this data to exist. ;)
I certainly expect that experiencing or being displaced by civil war has substantially negative effects on well-being—this paper shows the effects persist for at least three decades—but I didn’t feel I had enough data in order to really include it in my BOTEC.