This paper studies the incidence of civil war over time. We put forward a canonical model of civil war, which relates … significant predictors of higher within-country incidence of civil war …

from over 40 countries: individual exposure to war violence tends to increase social cooperation at the local level …, including community participation and prosocial behavior. Thus while war has many negative legacies for individuals and … reanalyze the emerging body of evidence, and weigh alternative explanations. There is some indication that war violence …

-average temperatures and the incidence of civil war in Africa (Burke et al. 2009). These findings have recently been challenged by Buhaug … climate data and to alternate codings of major war. Using Buhaug's preferred climate data under sound econometric assumptions …

development disproportionately raises the incomes of the poor and alleviates poverty. Using a broad cross-country sample, we … and poverty alleviation. We find that financial development reduces income inequality by disproportionately boosting the … poverty and income inequality. These results are robust to controlling for other country characteristics and potential reverse …

, including AK models, poverty trap models, and the concept of convergence conditional on determinants of steady-state income. We …

, the poverty trap, the size of the cohort at risk, and migrant stock dynamics. It then projects the life cycle up to 2024 …