status of women. Although historically globalization is not generally linked to the advancement of women, several recent … country studies find export led growth in middle and low income countries is associated with improvements in women … suggest the mechanisms by which it operates? Measures of wages for men and women are an unreliable basis for study of gender …

this observation imply that targeting transfers to women is good economic policy? We develop a series of noncooperative … assess the policy implications of these models. We find that targeting transfers to women can have unintended consequences … and may fail to make children better off. Moreover, different forms of empowering women may lead to opposite results. More …

domestic economy, but it will also affect the international trading markets. In addition, it will affect the West Africa region …

-deployed units contributed to community violence in the form of assaults, murders, and robberies. In contrast, estimates of the …

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 …

We investigate how emigration flows from a developing region are affected by xenophobic violence at destination. Our … months after a series of xenophobic attacks in South Africa killed dozens and displaced thousands of immigrants from … intention of household heads decreases from 37% to 33%. The sensitivity of migration intentions to violence is larger for …

hooligans reap utility from violence and social identity and study the effects of different police strategies. We find that an … increase in discriminative policing, provided by intelligence units, for example, always reduces violence. Under the right … circumstances, it may also lead to larger supporter clubs and a significant drop in violence. Indiscriminate policing, such as the …

In this study we extend our previous work to examine the dynamic relationship between violence committed by Palestinian …

conflict-affected countries. This module will enable researchers to address specific violence-related issues comparatively … survey designs in conflict-affected areas. We review existing conflict- and violence-related questionnaires, with a special … in order to deepen the understanding of the nature of violent conflict and the channels whereby conflict and violence …