TY - BOOK AU - Moya Rodríguez,Andrés AU - Carter,Michael R. ED - Universidad de lol Andes (Colombia). Fac. de Economía. Cede TI - Violence and the formation of hopelessness and pessimistic prospects of upward mobility in Colombia T2 - Documentos CEDE SN - 1657-5334 U1 - 303.6 PY - 2014/// CY - Bogotá PB - Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, Centro de Estudios sobre Desarrollo Económico KW - Desplazados Por la Violencia KW - Aspectos sociales KW - Colombia KW - Desplazamiento Forzado KW - Violencia KW - Conflicto armado N1 - Incluye referencias bibliográficas (páginas 32\37) N2 - Violence has severe material and psychological consequences. In this article we explore if it also induces hopelessness and pessimistic prospects of upward mobility. For this purpose, we bring together novel data from a sample of individuals residing in violence\torn regions in Colombia, including some who were directly victimized and displaced during last ten year. We find that victims who suffered more severe episodes of violence are hopeless and perceive overly pessimistic prospects of upward mobility. These results suggest that shocks and traumatic experiences can shatter hopes and beliefs through psychological constraints and hinder the ability of people to recover in a pervasive way ER -