Movement under state and non-state authorities during COVID-19: Evidence from Lebanon
COVID-19 has presented governing authorities with challenging decisions that have required them to consider the tradeoffs between movement restriction and economic activity. We propose that non-state armed groups may make different decisions than state governments in response to these challenges. Dr...
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| description | COVID-19 has presented governing authorities with challenging decisions that have required them to consider the tradeoffs between movement restriction and economic activity. We propose that non-state armed groups may make different decisions than state governments in response to these challenges. Drawing upon the case of Hezbollah in Lebanon, we investigate whether movement levels differed between areas with Hezbollah private governance in comparison to other areas of Lebanon. Using Google COVID-19 mobility data and a difference in differences model, we show that following the first COVID-related death in Lebanon, movement in districts with private Hezbollah governance decreased significantly less than in other districts. We present a number of potential reasons for this disparity, arguing that the most probable explanation is the relatively high level of economic assistance that Hezbollah provided to people living in areas under Hezbollah's authority, which led to comparatively lesser rates of movement decline. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-92f972a148cb4311961340dc324f197a2022-12-22T02:34:55ZengElsevierSSM: Population Health2352-82732022-09-0119101157Movement under state and non-state authorities during COVID-19: Evidence from LebanonJori Breslawski0Brandon Ives1Political Science Department, Naftali Building Tel Aviv University, 6997801, IsraelDepartment of Political Science and International Relations, College of Social Sciences, Seoul National University Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu 1, Seoul, 151-746, South Korea; Corresponding author.COVID-19 has presented governing authorities with challenging decisions that have required them to consider the tradeoffs between movement restriction and economic activity. We propose that non-state armed groups may make different decisions than state governments in response to these challenges. Drawing upon the case of Hezbollah in Lebanon, we investigate whether movement levels differed between areas with Hezbollah private governance in comparison to other areas of Lebanon. Using Google COVID-19 mobility data and a difference in differences model, we show that following the first COVID-related death in Lebanon, movement in districts with private Hezbollah governance decreased significantly less than in other districts. We present a number of potential reasons for this disparity, arguing that the most probable explanation is the relatively high level of economic assistance that Hezbollah provided to people living in areas under Hezbollah's authority, which led to comparatively lesser rates of movement decline.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352827322001367COVID-19Public healthHezbollahLebanonRebel governanceMovement |
| spellingShingle | Jori Breslawski Brandon Ives Movement under state and non-state authorities during COVID-19: Evidence from Lebanon SSM: Population Health COVID-19 Public health Hezbollah Lebanon Rebel governance Movement |
| title | Movement under state and non-state authorities during COVID-19: Evidence from Lebanon |
| title_full | Movement under state and non-state authorities during COVID-19: Evidence from Lebanon |
| title_fullStr | Movement under state and non-state authorities during COVID-19: Evidence from Lebanon |
| title_full_unstemmed | Movement under state and non-state authorities during COVID-19: Evidence from Lebanon |
| title_short | Movement under state and non-state authorities during COVID-19: Evidence from Lebanon |
| title_sort | movement under state and non state authorities during covid 19 evidence from lebanon |
| topic | COVID-19 Public health Hezbollah Lebanon Rebel governance Movement |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352827322001367 |
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