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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 remained prevalent in the political landscape. Rival communities remained divided, economic performance was poor and intercommunity tensions frequently manifested. In a bid to...
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The Cycle of Violence? An Empirical Analysis of Fatalities in the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
Jaeger, David A.; Paserman, M. Daniele - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
This paper studies the dynamics of violence in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict since the outbreak of the Second (or "Al-Aqsa") Intifada in September 2000, during which more than 3,300 Palestinians and more than 1,000 Israelis have been killed. The conflict has followed an uneven pattern, with...
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Israel, the Palestinian Factions, and the Cycle of Violence
Jaeger, David A.; Paserman, M. Daniele - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
In this study we extend our previous work to examine the dynamic relationship between violence committed by Palestinian factions and that committed by Israel during the Second Intifada. We find a statistically significant relationship between Israeli fatalities claimed by groups associated with...
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Happiness and Financial Satisfaction in Israel: Effects of Religiosity, Ethnicity, and War
Praag, Bernard M. S. van; Romanov, Dmitri; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
We analyze individual satisfaction with life as a whole and satisfaction with the personal financial situation for Israeli citizens of Jewish and Arab descent. Our data set is the Israeli Social Survey (2006). We are especially interested in the impact of the religions Judaism, Islam and...
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The Struggle for Palestinian Hearts and Minds: Violence and Public Opinion in the Second Intifada
Jaeger, David A.; Klor, Esteban F.; Miaari, Sami H.; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
This paper examines how violence in the Second Intifada influences Palestinian public opinion. Using micro data from a … series of opinion polls linked to data on fatalities, we find that Israeli violence against Palestinians leads them to … to other fatalities. Although overall Israeli fatalities do not seem to affect Palestinian public opinion, when we divide …
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The Shape of Things to Come? Assessing the Effectiveness of Suicide Attacks and Targeted Killings
Jaeger, David A.; Paserman, M. Daniele - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
In this paper we assess the effectiveness of suicide attacks and targeted killings in the Second Intifada. We find evidence that the targeted killings of Palestinian leaders by Israel reduce realized Palestinian violence. We find, however, that intended Palestinian violence is increasing at low...
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The (Hidden) Financial Flows of Terrorist and Organized Crime Organizations: A Literature Review and Some Preliminary Empirical Results
Schneider, Friedrich - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
some strategies are presented to combat (the financing) of terrorism. …
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Drawn into Violence: Evidence on 'What Makes a Criminal' from the Vietnam Draft Lotteries
Lindo, Jason M.; Stoecker, Charles - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
Draft lottery number assignment during the Vietnam era provides a natural experiment to examine the effects of military service on crime. Using exact dates of birth for inmates in state and federal prisons in 1979, 1986, and 1991, we find robust evidence of effects on violent crimes among...
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Does Peacetime Military Service Affect Crime?
Albæk, Karsten; Leth-Petersen, Søren; le Maire, Daniel; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Draft lottery data combined with Danish longitudinal administrative records show that military service can reduce criminal activity for youth offenders who enter service at ages 19-22. For this group property crime is reduced for up to five years from the beginning of service, and the effect is...
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The Right Amount of Trust
Butler, Jeffrey V.; Giuliano, Paola; Guiso, Luigi - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
A vast literature has investigated the relationship between trust and aggregate economic performance. We investigate the relationship between individual trust and individual economic performance. We find that individual income is hump-shaped in a measure of intensity of trust beliefs available...
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