Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 319
Cover Image
The effects of conflict on fertility : evidence from the genocide in Rwanda
Schindler, Kati; Brück, Tilman; Di Maio, Michele; … - 2019
This paper analyzes the fertility effects of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. We study the effects of violence on both the … hazard of having a child in the early post-genocide period and on the total number of post-genocide births up to 15 years …-level sex ratio. Results indicate that the genocide had heterogeneous effects on fertility, depending on the type of violence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012005503
Cover Image
Business in genocide : understanding and avoiding complicity
Stel, Nora; Naudé, Wim - 2016
engaged in genocide to a more analytical exploration of why businesses have made the choices they did in the process of their … engagement with genocide. This is also necessary to advance the debate on how to hold businesses accountable for gross human …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011452640
Cover Image
Surviving the genocide : the impact of the Rwandan genocide on child mortality
Ciani, Federico; Giannelli, Gianna Claudia - 2013
is measured exploiting the differential effects of timing of birth and genocide intensity at the household and geographic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009786467
Cover Image
Persecution, pogroms and genocide : a conceptual framework and new evidence
Becker, Sascha O.; Mukand, Sharun W.; Yotzov, Ivan - 2022
Persecution, pogroms, and genocide have plagued humanity for centuries, costing millions of lives and haunting … causes and consequences of persecution, pogroms, and genocide. Finally, we discuss gaps in the literature and take several …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013343363
Cover Image
The long-term direct and external effects of Jewish expulsions in Nazi Germany
Akbulut-Yuksel, Mevlude; Yuksel, Mutlu - 2011
This paper provides causal evidence on long-term consequences of Jewish expulsions in Nazi Germany on the educational attainment and political outcomes of German children. We combine a unique city-level dataset on the fraction of Jewish population residing in Germany before the Nazi Regime with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009310948
Cover Image
Social networks and surviving the Holocaust
Bělín, Matěj; Jelínek, Tomáš; Jurajda, Štěpán - 2022
Survivor testimonies link survival in deadly POW camps, Gulags, and Nazi concentration camps to the formation of close friendships with other prisoners. We provide statistical evidence consistent with these fundamentally selective testimonies. We study the survival of the 140 thousand Jews who...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013168749
Cover Image
Democratization and civil liberties : the role of violence during the transition
Cervellati, Matteo; Fortunato, Piergiuseppe; Sunde, Uwe - 2011
This paper investigates the role of violent civil conflicts during the process of democratization for the quality of emerging democracies, and in particular, the protection of civil (political and economic) liberties. A simple theory in which different groups may engage in violent conflict in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009124075
Cover Image
The role of constitutions on poverty : a cross-national investigation
Minkler, Lanse; Prakash, Nishith - 2015
In this paper we use novel historical data on economics and social rights from the constitutions of 201 countries and an instrument variable strategy to answer two important questions. First, do economic and social rights provisions in constitutions reduce poverty? Second, does the strength of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010488146
Cover Image
The spread of anti-trafficking policies : evidence from a new index
Cho, Seo-young; Dreher, Axel; Neumayer, Eric - 2011
We analyze the spread of policies dealing with international trafficking in human beings. Arguing that countries are unlikely to make independent choices, we identify pressure, externalities and learning or emulation as plausible diffusion mechanisms for spatial dependence in anti-trafficking...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009232913
Cover Image
Discontinuities in the age-victimization profile and the determinants of victimization
Bindler, Anna; Hjalmarsson, Randi; Ketel, Nadine; … - 2021
Many rights are conferred on Dutch youth at ages 16 and 18. Using national register data for all reported …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012745418