TY - JOUR
T1 - Preventing violent islamic radicalization
T2 - experimental evidence on anti-social behavior
AU - Vicente, Pedro C.
AU - Vilela, Inês
N1 - Funding Information:
* We wish to thank Imamo Mussa and Lúcio Raúl, whose dedication, persistence, and courage have made possible the implementationfoitshrpoject onethrgound. Wereargateful toetdheirtnoad twonaonymousefreeesr,aswell as to Marijke Verpoorten and conference/seminar participants at IGC, NES, NOVAFRICA, and UNU-WIDER/UEM for useful comments. The Mozambique team of the International Growth Centre, in particular Alberto da Cruz, provided invaluable institutional support. We are particularly grateful to Conselho Islâmico de Moçambique (CISLAMO) for a fruitful collaboration, specifically with Sheikh Abdul Carimo and Nze Assuate. Pinto Polini, from the Provincial Government of Cabo Delgado, Alberto Sabão from the Protestant Church of Pemba, and Denise Wright at the University of Notre Dame, also provided institutional support. Finally, we would like toxetnednapapreciativeowrd toethrgoupfoneumeratorsiwtwhomewowrked. IRBpaprovalsewreescured fromUniversidade Nova de Lisboa andthe UniversityofNotre Dame (Protocol#18-02-4454). Arpe-analysisplan for this study is available at the AEA Registry (AEARCTR-0003775). We wish to acknowledge financial support fromtheInternationalGrowthCentre.Vicentealsocaknowledgesuspport byetheKlloggnIstitefotruInternational Studiesatthe UniversityofNotre Dame. All errorsreauoresrponsibility. † Universidade Nova de Lisboa, NOVAFRICA, and BREAD † Universidade Nova de Lisboa, NOVAFRICA, and BREAD. Email: [email protected]. § Royal Holloway, University of London, and NOVAFRICA. Email: [email protected].
Funding Information:
We wish to thank Imamo Mussa and Lúcio Raúl, whose dedication, persistence, and courage have made possible the implementation of this project on the ground. We are grateful to the editor and two anonymous referees, as well as to Marijke Verpoorten and conference/seminar participants at IGC, NES, NOVAFRICA, and UNU-WIDER/UEM for useful comments. The Mozambique team of the International Growth Centre, in particular Alberto da Cruz, provided invaluable institutional support. We are particularly grateful to Conselho Islâmico de Moçambique (CISLAMO) for a fruitful collaboration, specifically with Sheikh Abdul Carimo and Nze Assuate. Pinto Polini, from the Provincial Government of Cabo Delgado, Alberto Sabão from the Protestant Church of Pemba, and Denise Wright at the University of Notre Dame, also provided institutional support. Finally, we would like to extend an appreciative word to the group of enumerators with whom we worked. IRB approvals were secured from Universidade Nova de Lisboa and the University of Notre Dame (Protocol #18-02-4454). A pre-analysis plan for this study is available at the AEA Registry (AEARCTR-0003775). We wish to acknowledge financial support from the International Growth Centre. Vicente also acknowledges support by the Kellogg Institute for International Studies at the University of Notre Dame. All errors are our responsibility.
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PY - 2021/10
Y1 - 2021/10
N2 - Violence perpetrated by radicalized Muslims is a major problem around the world. We collaborated with the main Islamic authority in Mozambique, which sponsored two randomized interventions to prevent violence related to youth radicalization: a religious campaign against extremist views of Islam, targeting change in beliefs; and a training module on entrepreneurship and employment, aiming to increase the opportunity cost of conflict. Our measurement focuses on anti-social behavior in a Joy-of-destruction lab game. We find that only the religious treatment decreased the propensity to destroy the payoffs of others. Consistently, surveys show increased trust in the state and decreased support for extremism.
AB - Violence perpetrated by radicalized Muslims is a major problem around the world. We collaborated with the main Islamic authority in Mozambique, which sponsored two randomized interventions to prevent violence related to youth radicalization: a religious campaign against extremist views of Islam, targeting change in beliefs; and a training module on entrepreneurship and employment, aiming to increase the opportunity cost of conflict. Our measurement focuses on anti-social behavior in a Joy-of-destruction lab game. We find that only the religious treatment decreased the propensity to destroy the payoffs of others. Consistently, surveys show increased trust in the state and decreased support for extremism.
KW - Africa
KW - Conflict
KW - Experiment
KW - Islamic Radicalization
KW - Joy-of-destruction game
KW - Mozambique
KW - Political Economy
KW - Violence
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85135251231&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85135251231
VL - 2021
JO - Working Paper of the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies
JF - Working Paper of the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies
IS - 445
ER -