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Identifying Conflict and Violence in Micro-Level Surveys

Brück, Tilman; Justino, Patricia; Verwimp, Philip; … - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2010

, and across time, how individuals, households and communities are affected by violent conflict. The report provides an … data-bases used to operationalize the variables of interest and discuss the channels linking violent conflict to individual … variables that allow researchers to analyze the welfare effects of violent conflict across countries and across time. We develop …

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Conflict Experiences and Household Expectations on Recovery: Survey Evidence from Northern Uganda

Bozzoli, Carlos; Brück, Tilman; Muhumuza, Tony - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2010

We analyse the role of mass violent conflict in influencing individual expectations. We hypothesise that individuals … are likely to report negative expectations if they were exposed to conflict events in the past. We combine individual and … household level data from the Northern Uganda Livelihood Survey of 2007 with a disaggregated conflict exposure index based on …

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Behavioral Responses to Natural Disasters

Castillo, Marco; Carter, Michael - Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science (ICES), … - 2011

Catastrophic events can dramatically alter existing social and economic relationships. The consequences can be long-lasting and give rise to heterogeneity of behavior across populations. We investigate the impact of a large negative shock on altruism, trust and reciprocity in 30 small Honduran...

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Voluntary Teaming and Effort

Keser, Claudia; Montmarquette, Claude - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2007

In a series of experimental games, each of two players may choose between remuneration based on either private or team effort. Although at least one of the players has the subgame perfect equilibrium strategy to choose remuneration based on private effort, we frequently observe team remuneration...

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Coping Strategies in Post-War Rural Mozambique

Brück, Tilman - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2003

This paper analyses post-war coping strategies by farm households in developing countries. The analysis is based on a portfolio model of activity choices in war-affected rural Sub- Saharan Africa. A case study using farm household survey data estimates the determinants of agricultural coping...

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Land Access, Tenure and Investment in Post-War Northern Mozambique

Brück, Tilman - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2003

The relationship between land investment and tenure security is usually tested in land scarce but peaceful areas. This article examines instead the effects of land abundance and war for investment and tenure security. The paper demonstrates that war enhances land abundance. This implies that...

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Economic Costs of Mass Violent Conflicts: Final Report for the Small Arms Survey, Geneva, Switzerland

Bozzoli, Carlos; Brück, Tilman; Drautzburg, Thorsten; … - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung)

'the economic costs of mass violent conflict' by identifying strengths and weaknesses of the existing literature. The … hypothesize that investment, military expenditure, sectoral shifts, and institutions and policies are key channels. To consider … conflict. These models differ by complexity, ranging from standard regression analysis to computable general equilibrium models …

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