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 …

independently elicit their "ethnicity" (or Hispanic origin) and their "ancestry". We investigate whether different patterns of … the ancestry question. How U.S.-born Mexicans report their ethnicity/ancestry is strongly associated with measures of … especially high for men and women who claim a Mexican ancestry but report their ethnicity as "not Hispanic". Further …

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 …