rivals of a different affiliation. The overall patterns of conflict in continental Europe as well as those between the …

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 …

variables. This study draws on conflict variables from the Correlates of War (COW) project to ask a critical question: How do … different types of conflict affect country growth rates? It finds that wars slow the economy. Estimates indicate that civil war … reduces annual growth by .01 to .13 percentage points, and high-intensity interstate conflict reduces annual growth by .18 to …

vulnerable to business cycle variations at the time of graduation. …

The Student Right-to-Know Act requires colleges to provide institution-specific information on graduation rates for …

power to predict (1) timely graduation (four years or less), (2) graduation in six years or less, and (3) final GPA. The … Agreeableness has a robust negative effect on both graduation outcomes, but not on GPA. Economic time preferences predict graduation … when all variables compete it is only our backward induction measure ("Hit15") that weakly predicts graduation in four …

-term employment at labour market entry and (ii) reduce the number of children in the first 10 years after graduation. These …