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Article: Can cultural norms reduce conflicts? Confucianism and peasant rebellions in Qing China
Title | Can cultural norms reduce conflicts? Confucianism and peasant rebellions in Qing China |
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Authors | |
Keywords | Confucianism Conflicts Peasant rebellions Economic shocks Cultural norms |
Issue Date | 2014 |
Publisher | Elsevier. |
Citation | Journal of Development Economics, 2014, v. 111, p. 132-149 How to Cite? |
Abstract | © 2014 Elsevier B.V. Can culture mitigate conflicts triggered by economic shocks? In light of the extraordinary emphasis that Confucianism places on subordination and pacifism, we examine its role in possibly attenuating peasant rebellion within the historical context of China (circa 1651-1910). Our analysis finds that, while crop failure triggers peasant rebellion, its effect is significantly smaller in counties characterized by stronger Confucian norms as proxied by Confucian temples and chaste women. This result remains robust after controlling for a long list of covariates and instrumenting Confucian norms using ancient Confucian sages (500. B.C.-A.D. 550) to address concerns of measurement error and reverse causality. 550 to instrument Confucian norms. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/242638 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 5.1 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 3.737 |
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dc.contributor.author | Kung, James Kai Sing | - |
dc.contributor.author | Ma, Chicheng | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-08-10T10:51:11Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2017-08-10T10:51:11Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Journal of Development Economics, 2014, v. 111, p. 132-149 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0304-3878 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/242638 | - |
dc.description.abstract | © 2014 Elsevier B.V. Can culture mitigate conflicts triggered by economic shocks? In light of the extraordinary emphasis that Confucianism places on subordination and pacifism, we examine its role in possibly attenuating peasant rebellion within the historical context of China (circa 1651-1910). Our analysis finds that, while crop failure triggers peasant rebellion, its effect is significantly smaller in counties characterized by stronger Confucian norms as proxied by Confucian temples and chaste women. This result remains robust after controlling for a long list of covariates and instrumenting Confucian norms using ancient Confucian sages (500. B.C.-A.D. 550) to address concerns of measurement error and reverse causality. 550 to instrument Confucian norms. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Elsevier. | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of Development Economics | - |
dc.subject | Confucianism | - |
dc.subject | Conflicts | - |
dc.subject | Peasant rebellions | - |
dc.subject | Economic shocks | - |
dc.subject | Cultural norms | - |
dc.title | Can cultural norms reduce conflicts? Confucianism and peasant rebellions in Qing China | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2014.08.006 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-84907952391 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 111 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 132 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 149 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000346223900010 | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0304-3878 | - |