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The Effects of Conflict on Fertility in Rwanda
Schindler, Kati; Brück, Tilman - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2011
The aim of this paper is to study the short and long-term fertility effects of mass violent conflict on different … genocide in Rwanda, identifying conflict exposure of the survivors in multiple ways. The analysis finds a robust effect of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009216694
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Linguistic Polarization and Conflict in the Basque Country
Gardeazabal, Javier - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2011
This paper investigates the relationship between linguistic polarization and conflict in the Basque Country. During the … roots underlying the conflict in the Basque Country. We show that at the municipality level, linguistic polarization reduces … the level of conflict. This finding is robust to various ways of measuring linguistic and ideological polarization and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009399080
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Who Does What in a Household after Genocide?: Evidence from Rwanda
Schindler, Kati - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2010
This paper investigates the determinants of intra-household time allocation in post-war Rwanda. A decade after the 1994 genocide, Rwanda still bears the demographic impact of the war, in which at least 800,000 people died and the majority of casualties were adult males. The paper explores two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008694063
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008694989
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004963676
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004963705
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Terrorism and Trade
Nitsch, Volker; Schumacher, Dieter - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2003
bilateral trade flows between more than 200 countries over the period from 1960 to 1993. Applying an augmented gravity model that includes several measures of terrorism and largescale violence, we find compelling evidence that terrorist actions reduce the volume of trade; a doubling in the number...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004963790
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On the Interaction between Fear and Hatred
Murshed, Syed Mansoob - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2009
This paper models conflictual interaction between a European state and a domestic dissident immigrant minority group, Muslims say, some of whom may resort to acts of terrorism. Here, identity is crucial and provides the micro-foundations of dissident behaviour by solving the collective action...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008519450
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How Many Bucks in a Bang: On the Estimation of the Economic Costs of Conflict
Groot, Olaf J. de; Brück, Tilman; Bozzoli, Carlos - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2009
The estimation of the costs of conflict is currently receiving a lot of attention in the literature. This paper aims to … give a thorough overview of the existing literature, first by addressing the history of case studies that address conflict … costs and second by looking at the existing body of cross-country analyses for conflict costs. In addition to the existing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008519468
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How Many Bucks in a Bang: On the Estimation of the Economic Costs of Conflict
Groot, Olaf J. de; Brück, Tilman; Bozzoli, Carlos - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2009
The estimation of the costs of conflict is currently receiving a lot of attention in the literature. This paper aims to … give a thorough overview of the existing literature, first by addressing the history of case studies that address conflict … costs and second by looking at the existing body of cross-country analyses for conflict costs. In addition to the existing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008492031