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.