Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 104
Cover Image
A Model for Industrial Development of the Federal Region of Kurdistan: Science and Technology Policy, Instruments and Institutions
Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
the focus is initially on the identification of the current policy and institutions in the region. The conditions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762411
Cover Image
If Seebohm Rowntree Had Studied Sweden: How Poverty Changed in the City of Göteborg from 1925 to 2003
Gustafsson, Björn; Jansson, Birgitta - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
This paper investigates the development of poverty in Sweden using micro data derived from tax files for the city of Göteborg for the years 1925, 1936, 1947, 1958 as well as more recent (1983, 1994 and 2003) information. We define poverty as living in a household with a disposable income lower...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008547898
Cover Image
Industrialization Lessons from BRICS: A Comparative Analysis
Naudé, Wim; Szirmai, Adam; Lavopa, Alejandro - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
To date there has been few systematic and comparative empirical analyses of the nature of economic development in Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS). We contribute to addressing this gap by exploring the patterns of structural change between 1980 and 2010, focusing on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884080
Cover Image
Money Can't Buy Love But Can It Buy Peace? Evidence from the EU Programme for Peace and Reconciliation
Brück, Tilman; Ferguson, Neil T.N. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
In 1998, the Good Friday Agreement concluded a period of violence in Northern Ireland yet the scars of the conflict …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959677
Cover Image
The Legacy of Conflict: Regional Deprivation and School Performance in Northern Ireland
Ferguson, Neil T.N.; Michaelsen, Maren M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
selection and the potential endogeneity of our deprivation measure, showing spatial variation in historical violence, which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010676291
Cover Image
The Use of Violence in Illegal Markets: Evidence from Mahogany Trade in the Brazilian Amazon
Chimeli, Ariaster B.; Soares, Rodrigo R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
contracts, or to seek protection from competitors' improper behaviors. In these contexts, violence is used to enforce previous … first piece of evidence on the causal effect of illegality on systemic violence. Brazil has historically been the main world … increases in violence after prohibition in areas with: (i) higher share of mahogany exports before prohibition; (ii) higher …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009283573
Cover Image
Xenophobic Attacks, Migration Intentions and Networks: Evidence from the South of Africa
Friebel, Guido; Gallego, Juan Miguel; Mendola, Mariapia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
We investigate how emigration flows from a developing region are affected by xenophobic violence at destination. Our … intention of household heads decreases from 37% to 33%. The sensitivity of migration intentions to violence is larger for … insurance against the consequences young children suffer in case the household head would be harmed by xenophobic violence and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009283587
Cover Image
School Starting Age and Crime
Landerso, Rasmus; Nielsen, Helena Skyt; Simonsen, Marianne - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper investigates the effects of school starting age on crime while relying on variation in school starting age induced by administrative rules; we exploit that Danish children typically start first grade in the calendar year they turn seven, which gives rise to a discontinuity in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010796452
Cover Image
Cross-Border Spillover: U.S. Gun Laws and Violence in Mexico
Dube, Arindrajit; Dube, Oeindrila; García-Ponce, Omar - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
To what extent, and under what conditions, does access to arms fuel violent crime? To answer this question, we exploit a unique natural experiment: the 2004 expiration of the U.S. Federal Assault Weapons Ban exerted a spillover on gun supply in Mexican municipios near Texas, Arizona and New...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010604105
Cover Image
Deployments, Combat Exposure, and Crime
Anderson, D. Mark; Rees, Daniel I. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
-deployed units contributed to community violence in the form of assaults, murders, and robberies. In contrast, estimates of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884203