Replication Data for: Unpacking the Local Resource Curse: How Externalities and Governance Shape Social Conflict

Natural resource extraction is economically important in many developing countries, but social conflict can threaten the viability of the sector. This paper examines why pollution-inducing extractive industries may generate social mobilization but often do not. First, I distinguish acute, highly visible environmental externalities from chronic, less observable pollution, showing that only the former generate social mobilization. Second, I explore how high quality local governance can mitigate potential conflict by both reducing pollution and improving compensation in mining-intensive areas. The analysis uses micro-level data on extractive commodities, water pollution, children's and livestock health, local government quality and mining-related social conflict in Peru to demonstrate the full causal pathway of the local resource curse.

自然资源开采在众多发展中国家具有重要的经济价值，但社会冲突可能危及该产业的存续能力。本文探究为何产生污染的采掘行业有可能引发社会动员，但实际却往往并未发生。首先，本文将高度显性的急性环境外部性与难以观测的慢性污染加以区分，证明唯有前者会引发社会动员。其次，本文探讨在矿业密集地区，高质量的地方治理如何通过减少污染与完善补偿机制来缓解潜在冲突。本研究采用秘鲁境内的微观层面数据，涵盖采掘大宗商品、水污染、儿童与家畜健康状况、地方治理质量以及矿业相关社会冲突等维度，以此阐明地方层面资源诅咒（Resource Curse）的完整因果路径。