Publication

This paper explores possible links between youth bulges and violent conflict theoretically and attempts to model under what conditions and in what kind of contexts youth bulges can cause armed conflict. The research hypotheses are tested in an event history statistical model covering a high number of countries and politically dependent areas over the period 1950–2000. The author finds robust support for the hypothesis that youth bulges increase the risk of domestic armed conflict and especially so under conditions of economic stagnation.