HOW TO EXPLAIN THE PARTICIPATION IN THE REBELLION IN IVORY COAST?

Is the conflict in Côte d’Ivoire explained by greed or grievance? This study aimed to analyze the most important causes of the rebellion in Côte d’Ivoire. Specifically, it examines the effects of ethnicity on participation in a rebellion and checks the link between education, health and participation in a rebellion. To achieve this goal, a two-step approach is adopted. The first step was the establishment of the basics of an econometric model developed by Ballo and Rocco (2008) to analyze the causes of the civil war in Côte d'Ivoire. The second step was the description of data of 2.214 individuals used in the study, in order to test the hypotheses. By applying logit model, we obtained many significant results. We find that: educated people are less likely to join a rebellion; People from the North of Ivory Coast have more chance to join the rebellion.