We estimate the impact of exposure to conflict on health outcomes using geographic information on households' distance … from conflict sites - a more accurate measure of shock exposure – and compare the impact on children exposed in utero … versus after birth. The identification strategy relies on exogenous variation in the conflict's geographic extent and timing …

, which experienced a ten year long civil conflict of varying intensity. Our difference-in-differences analysis shows that … women in villages affected by civil conflict increased their actual and desired fertility during the conflict by 22 percent … was the main pathway leading to reduced child height, as opposed to direct impacts of the conflict. This likely occurred …

A considerable body of empirical evidence indicates that conflict affects reproductive behaviour, often resulting in an … about the effect of peace in a post-conflict setting. This study explores how the external provision of security affects …

We investigate the long-term effects of households' exposure to violent conflict on children's educational attainment … exploits the locality-level variation in the intensity of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the West Bank during the Second … Intifada (2000–2005). We show that an increase in family experience of conflict has large negative long-term effects on the …

in Bolivia to study the intra-household income allocation process towards children's educational expenditure by ethnicity … ethnicity) count in the decision making process of human capital investments. In particular, the allocation of resources within …