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Does Human Generate Social and Institutional Capital? Exploring Evidence from Time Series Data in a Middle Income Country
Fedderke, Johannes; Luiz, John - Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA) - 2005
conflict by raising political aspirations. But human capital does not stand alone either. The level of economic development … (output) matters, distributional (instability) conflict as well as the rights dispensation can come to influence human capital …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008594441
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Effects of Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Education on Conflict Intensity in Africa
Agbor, Julius A - Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA) - 2013
tertiary schooling reduces conflict through both the urbanization and youth bulge channels. These results suggest that in order … to reduce conflict intensity in Africa, policy makers should facilitate the urbanization of a great number of African …, the findings also suggest that secondary schooling potentially intensifies conflict intensity through the democratization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010659034
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The Legacy of Historical Conflict Evidence from Africa
Besley, Timothy; Reynal-Querol, Marta - Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA) - 2013
pre-colonial period between 1400 and 1700. There are three main findings. First, we show that historical conflict is … correlated with a greater prevalence of post-colonial con.ict. Second, historical conflict is correlated with lower levels of … conflict is negatively correlated with subsequent patterns of development within countries. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010610287
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Characterizing Conflict Forms
Fedderke, Johannes; Kularatne, Chandana - Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA) - 2008
This paper presents a model in which two groups in society are engaged in strategic interaction. Privileged members of society have the opportunity to allocate resources either to their own productive capacity, or to enhance the productive capacity of the disadvantaged. Redistribution to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008563270
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Ethnic Solidarity and the Individual Determinants of Ethnic Identification
Bossuroy, Thomas - Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA) - 2011
investment in ethnic capital suggests that individuals initially deprived of social or human capital resort to ethnicity to get …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009294746
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Ethnic Reunion and Cultural Affinity
Fourie, Johan; Santana-Gallego, Maria - Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA) - 2012
Ethnic reunion is the propensity of tourists to travel to regions where their ancestors originate from, while cultural affinity is the propensity of tourists to travel to regions with a shared cultural identity. This paper uses a "world migration matrix", which records the year-1500 origins of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010552115
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Are arts events a good way of augmenting the economic impact of sports? The case of the 2010 Soccer World Cup and the National Arts Festival in South Africa
Snowball, Jen D. - Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA) - 2012
Despite the debate about whether arts consumers are also sports consumers, many countries have used cultural events to leverage further tourism spending from sports events, the most famous example being the cultural Olympics. This paper reports the findings of research conducted at the 2010...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010553050