Land Concentration and Conflict in Colombia 2000-2012

We used the Acemoglu et al. (2005) theoretical framework and the instrumental variable of conflict suggested by Dube & Vargas (2013) to build a model that explains how the conflict affects land concentration in Colombia for the period 2000-2012. The instrumental variable uses the international price shocks of Colombia’s commodities to describe episodes of greater or lesser violence (conflict) and as a dependent variable we use the Gini of lands and owners calculated for rural properties at the municipal level. The results show the positive effect of conflict on land concentration providing new empirical evidence on the connection between conflict and inequality.