Table 4

Effects of Weather on Land Conflict (OLS)

Dependent VariableAny Land ConflictConflicts with PastoralistsOther Land Conflicts
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)
Dry spell0.05***0.05***0.02*0.03***
(0.01)(0.01)(0.01)(0.01)
Precipitation CV0.16***0.16***0.10***0.06***
(0.02)(0.03)(0.02)(0.02)
Median temperature−0.13***−0.13***−0.25***−0.25***−0.11**−0.17**−0.02−0.08***
(0.04)(0.04)(0.07)(0.08)(0.04)(0.07)(0.02)(0.02)
Household controlsNoYesNoYesYesYesYesYes
Household fixed effectsYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Enumerator fixed effectsYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Wave fixed effectsYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
R-squared0.520.520.520.520.550.560.460.45
N2,2662,2662,2662,2662,2662,2662,2662,266

Sources: Trans-SEC household panel survey (waves 1–3), CHIRPS (precipitation), and ERA5 (temperature).

Note: Standard errors are clustered at the level of the precipitation data points.

  • ↵* p < 0.10;

  • ↵** p < 0.05;

  • ↵*** p < 0.01.