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Ethnic Fragmentation, Conflict, Displaced Persons and Human Trafficking: An Empirical Analysis
Akee, Randall K. Q.; Basu, Arnab K.; Chau, Nancy; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
fragmentation and conflict on international trafficking through internal and international displacements. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008611316
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Should Easier Access to International Credit Replace Foreign Aid?
Bandyopadhyay, Subhayu; Lahiri, Sajal; Younas, Javed - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
We examine the interaction between foreign aid and binding borrowing constraint for a recipient country. We also analyze how these two instruments affect economic growth via non-linear relationships. First of all, we develop a two-country, two-period trade-theoretic model to develop testable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009325434
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Good Governance and Good Aid Allocation
Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
We model the aid allocation decision where the donor government has announced that good governance is the criterion for receiving aid. Potential recipients must compete for the aid funds. The structure of the competition is important to the donor in terms of achieving good governance, and to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566444
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War and Women's Work: Evidence from the Conflict in Nepal
Menon, Nidhiya; van der Meulen Rodgers, Yana - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
This paper examines how Nepal’s 1996-2006 civil conflict affected women’s decisions to engage in employment. Using … women’s likelihood of employment increased as a consequence of the conflict. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009395429
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Are Drone Strikes Effective in Afghanistan and Pakistan? On the Dynamics of Violence between the United States and the Taliban
Jaeger, David A.; Siddique, Zahra - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Strikes by unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, have been the primary weapon used by the United States to combat the Taliban and Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan. This paper examines the dynamics of violence involving drone strikes and the Taliban/Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009416936
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Lessons from the Ottoman Harem (On Ethnicity, Religion and War)
Iyigun, Murat - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
examine the roles of ethnicity and religion in conflict and war. Based on one theory, the Ottoman conquests were driven by the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763535
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Cultures, Clashes and Peace
Fletcher, Erin; Iyigun, Murat - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
ultimate determinants of conflict. However, fractionalization in all its demographic forms is endogenous in the long run. In … the relationship between fractionalization and the propensity of internal conflict statistically insignificant. Finally …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566684
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Identifying Conflict and Violence in Micro-Level Surveys
Brück, Tilman; Justino, Patricia; Verwimp, Philip; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 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/10008560394
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The Costs of Favoritism: Is Politically-Driven Aid Less Effective?
Dreher, Axel; Klasen, Stephan; Vreeland, James Raymond; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
As is now well documented, aid is given for both political as well as economic reasons. The conventional wisdom is that politically-motivated aid is less effective in promoting developmental objectives. We examine the ex-post performance ratings of World Bank projects and generally find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008529139
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Violent Conflict and Inequality
Bircan, Cagatay; Brück, Tilman; Vothknecht, Marc - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
around five years after the end of a conflict, it declines again to pre-war levels within the end of the first post …-war period. Lagged effects of conflict and only subsequent adjustments of redistributive policies in the period of post …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008530642