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Reducing risks in wartime through capital-labor substitution : evidence from World War II
Rohlfs, Chris; Sullivan, Ryan; Kniesner, Thomas J. - 2015
(troop-intensive), and airborne (also troop-intensive) military units, as well as mid-war reorganizations of each type, to … estimate the marginal cost of reducing U.S. fatalities in World War II, holding constant mission effectiveness, usage intensity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011309157
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Long-term health effects of Vietnam-Era military service : a quasi-experiment using Australian conscription lotteries
Johnston, David; Shields, Michael; Siminski, Peter - 2015
This paper estimates the long-term health effects of Vietnam-Era military service using Australia's National conscription lotteries for identification. Our primary contribution is the quality and breadth of our health outcomes. We use several administrative sources, containing a near-universe of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010487512
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The causal effects of World War II military service
Cousley, Alex; Siminski, Peter; Ville, Simon P. - 2016
of World War II (WW2) service, where the focus has been on the impact of this 'total war' on the broader civilian …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011452236
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Lessons from the Ottoman Harem (on ethnicity, religion and war)
Iyigun, Murat (contributor) - 2008
examine the roles of ethnicity and religion in conflict and war. Based on one theory, the Ottoman conquests were driven by the … Gaza ideology according to which the empire's central motivation was provided by a spirit of Holy War in the name of Islam … do not rule out the possibility that the sultans’ ethnic and cultural heritages - but not the politics of the queen …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003726794
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War and endogenous democracy
Ticchi, Davide (contributor); Vindigni, Andrea (contributor) - 2008
Many episodes of extension of franchise in the 19th and especially in the 20th century occurred during or in the aftermath of major wars. Motivated by this fact, we offer a theory of political transitions which focuses on the impact of international conflicts on domestic political institutions....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003688773
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Winter is coming : the long-run effects of climate change on conflict, 1400-1900
Iyigun, Murat; Nunn, Nathan; Qian, Nancy - 2017
This paper investigates the long-run effects of climate change on conflict by examining cooling from 1400-1900 CE, a period that includes most of the Little Ice Age. We construct a geo-referenced and digitized database of conflicts in Europe, North Africa, and the Near East from 1400-1900, which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011596150
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Migration, migrants and policy in the United Kingdom
Hatton, Timothy J.; Wheatley Price, Stephen - 1999
migration experience since the Second World War. The areas covered include changes in the volume and composition of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011316910
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Hours and wages in the depression : British engineering, 1926-1938
Hart, Robert A. - 2000
On their intensive margins, firms in the British engineering industry adjusted to the severe falls in demand during the 1930s Depression by cutting hours of work. This provided an important means of reducing labour input and marginal labour costs, through movements from overtime to short-time...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011325987
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Post-9/11 war deployments increased crime among veterans
Cesur, Resul; Sabia, Joseph J.; Tekin, Erdal - 2020
Several high-profile news stories have linked post-September 11 (9/11) combat service to violent crime among veterans. Nevertheless, there is scant causal evidence for this claim. We exploit the administrative procedures by which U.S. Armed Forces senior commanders conditionally randomly assign...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012228212
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War, international spillovers, and adolescents : evidence from Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022
Siedler, Thomas; Anger, Silke; Christoph, Bernhard; … - 2024
the start of the war with those who responded shortly after the conflict began and applying difference-in-differences (DiD …) models over time, we find a significant decline in the outcome after the war started. These findings provide new evidence on … how armed conflicts influence social trust and well-being among young people in a country not directly involved in the war. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014514619