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Rationality as a barrier to peace: Micro-evidence from Kosovo

Bhaumik, Sumon K.; Gang, Ira N.; Yun, Myeong-Su - Department of Economics, Rutgers University-New Brunswick - 2008

Despite a significant expansion of the literature on conflicts and fragility of states, only a few systematic attempts have been made to link the theoretical literature on social conflicts to the available micro-level information about the people who are involved in these conflicts. We address...

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Reputation, Social Identity and Social Conflict

Smith, John - Department of Economics, Rutgers University-New Brunswick - 2007

matched to play a reduced form bargaining game. We show that this struggle for resources drives a conflict through the … consequences. We show that rational players can contribute to the conflict by aggressively discriminating and that this behavior is … relates to the social conflict literature, which examines the relationship between macro level factors such as unemployment …

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Conflict Games with Payoff Uncertainty

Baliga, Sandeep; Sjostrom, Tomas - Department of Economics, Rutgers University-New Brunswick - 2009

, aggression feeds on itself, and mutual fear escalates into conflict. Chicken is a model of preemption and deterrence. With …

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A Note on Poverty in Kosovo

Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar; Gang, Ira N.; Yun, Myeong-Su - Department of Economics, Rutgers University-New Brunswick - 2006

during most of the 1990s. We examine the incidence and depth of poverty and some of its correlates in post-conflict Kosovo …

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Poverty in Rural India: Ethnicity and Caste

Gang, Ira N.; Sen, Kunal; Yun, Myeong-Su - Department of Economics, Rutgers University-New Brunswick - 2006

This paper analyzes the determinants of rural poverty in India, contrasting the situation of scheduled caste (SC) and scheduled tribe (ST) households with the non-scheduled population. The incidence of poverty in SC and ST households is much higher than among non-scheduled households. By...

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Is Child Like Parent? Educational Attainment and Ethnic Origin

Gang, Ira N.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Department of Economics, Rutgers University-New Brunswick - 1999

cohort. Evidence using a large German data set suggests ethnicity does matter: the size of the ethnic network has a positive …

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Ethnic Networks and International Trade

Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira - Department of Economics, Rutgers University-New Brunswick - 2004

There is a well-established high quality literature on the role of networks, particularly ethnic networks, in international trade. Ethnic networks are a way of overcoming informal barriers (information costs, risk and uncertainty) to trade by building trust and substituting for the difficulty of...

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Ethnic Conflict and Economic Disparity: Serbians and Albanians in Kosovo

Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar; Gang, Ira N.; Yun, Myeong-Su - Department of Economics, Rutgers University-New Brunswick - 2006

Using the Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) household survey from post-conflict Kosovo we investigate the …. This has serious implications for the political economy of policymaking in post-conflict Kosovo. …

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Sometimes, Winners Lose: Economic Disparity and Indigenization in Kazakhstan

Gang, Ira N.; Schmillen, Achim - Department of Economics, Rutgers University-New Brunswick - 2014

Several post-Soviet states have introduced policies to improve the relative economic, political or social position of formerly disadvantaged populations. Using one example of such policies – “Kazakhisation” in Kazakhstan – we investigate their impact on the comparative earnings of two...

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Sibling Rivalry in Educational Attainment: The German Case

Gang, Ira N.; Bauer, Thomas - Department of Economics, Rutgers University-New Brunswick - 2000

Recent studies exploring sibling rivalry in the allocation of household resources in the U.S. produce conflicting results. We contribute to this discussion by addressing the role of sibling rivalry in educational attainment in Germany. Using the German Socioeconomic Panel (GSOEP) we are able to...

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