This paper analyses the effects of activity choices on farm household income and consumption in a war … with instrumental variables. War-time activity choices (such as subsistence farming) are shown to enhance welfare in the … post-war period. Market and social exchange induce limited welfare gains. Cotton adoption reduces household welfare, which …

The war in Iraq initiated in March 2003 triggered a wave of violence and turmoil in the country, exposing households to … the most affected. Using the different intensities of the conflict across areas and the age at exposure to the war among … cohorts, I analyze a possible causal effect of the war on nutritional outcomes of children. I use two empirical strategies …

-sectional household surveys collected before and after the genocide. The identification strategy uses pre-war data to control for an age … were school-aged when exposed to the war. The findings show a strong negative impact of the genocide on schooling, with …

The Nigerian civil war of 1967-70 was precipitated by secession of the Igbodominated south-eastern region to create the … state of Biafra. It was the first civil war in Africa, the predecessor of many. We investigate the legacies of this war four …. Individuals exposed to the war at all ages between birth and adolescence exhibit reduced adult stature and these impacts are …

In this paper we estimate the causal effects of civil war on years of education in the context of a school-going age …’s exposure to war, the difference-in-difference outcomes indicate that the average years of education for a school-going age … cohort is .94 years fewer compared to an older cohort in war-affected regions. To minimize the potential bias in the …