We build a model of conflict in which two groups contest a resource and must decide on the optimal allocation of labor … involved in the conflict by transferring financial resources to its origin country. We find that the diaspora influences the … conflict equilibrium, the two groups of residents prefer to negotiate a peaceful settlement if there exists a sharing rule that …

wellbeing. An increase of 1% life expectancy is equivalent to more than 5% increase in yearly GDP. One year of internal conflict …

importance of network effects for groups broken out by race, ethnicity, and various measures of skill, for networks generated by … ; race ; ethnicity ; immigrants …

the same ethnicity. Finally, assortative matching on education in the marriage market suggests that immigrants may be … willing to trade similarities in ethnicity for similarities in education when evaluating potential spouses. Using a simple …

the umpire and pitcher match race/ethnicity. This effect only exists where there is little scrutiny of umpires' behavior … cannot determine the outcome of the at-bat. If a pitcher shares the home-plate umpire's race/ethnicity, he gives up fewer …

This paper examines ethnicity among highly skilled immigrants to the United States. The paper focuses on five classic … components of ethnicity -country of birth, race, skin color, language, and religion - among persons admitted to legal permanent …. India dominates EB-2 and European countries EB-1. (2) The ethnicity portfolio contains more languages than religions. (3 …