, 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 …

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 most affected. Using the different intensities of the conflict across areas and the age at exposure to the war among …The war in Iraq initiated in March 2003 triggered a wave of violence and turmoil in the country, exposing households to … 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 … cohort who are exposed to armed conflict in Cote d’Ivoire. Using year and department of birth to identify an individual …’s exposure to war, the difference-in-difference outcomes indicate that the average years of education for a school-going age …

This paper investigates the effect of conflict on firms' output value and input misallocation in the context of … over time across districts experiencing differential changes in conflict intensity. We show how conflict diminishes the … domestically produced materials for imported ones. We also empirically identify the relative amount of conflict-induced input …

Conflict is either caused by, or brings about, drastic changes in the underlying social relationships between members … of a community involved in the conflict. The conflict literature has taken note, and a growing number of studies attempt … to determine the relationship between conflict and social capital. Unfortunately, there are many problems that have …

true impact of conflict, we use (1) pre-war and post-war household data, (2) the specific counts of conflict events across …In this paper we estimate the causal effects of conflict on dietary energy supply in Côte d’Ivoire. To identify the … the worst-hit conflict areas and individuals who are the direct victims of the conflict having lower dietary energy supply …