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Mariani, Fabio; Mercier, Marion; Verdier, Thierry - 2016

We build a model of conflict in which two groups contest a resource and must decide on the optimal allocation of labor between fighting and productive activities. In this setting, a diaspora emanating from one of the two groups can get actively involved in the conflict by transferring financial...

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Strangers and foreigners : trust and attitudes toward citizenship

Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo; Tedeschi, Gian Luca - 2022

We analyze the relationship between natives' attitudes towards citizenship acquisition for foreigners and trust. Our hypothesis is that, in sub-Saharan Africa, the slave trade represents the deep factor behind contemporary attitudes toward citizenship, with more intense exposure to historical...

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Unemployment, social capital, and subjective well-being

Winkelmann, Rainer (contributor) - 2006

It has been shown in past research that unemployment has a large negative impact on subjective well-being of individuals. In this paper, I explore whether and to what extent people with more social capital are sheltered from the harmful effects of unemployment. Using data from the German...

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Facing yourself : a note on self-image

Falk, Armin - 2017

Numerous signaling models in economics assume image concerns. These take two forms, as relating either to social image or self-image. While empirical work has identified the behavioral importance of the former, little is known about the role of self-image concerns. We exogenously vary self-image...

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The legacies of slavery in and out of Africa

Bertocchi, Graziella - 2015

The slave trades out of Africa represent one of the most significant forced migration experiences in history. In this paper I illustrate their long-term consequences. I first consider the influence of the slave trade on the "sending" countries in Africa, with attention to their economic,...

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The long shadow of slavery: the persistence of slave owners in Southern law-making

Bellani, Luna; Hager, Anselm; Maurer, Stephan - 2020

This paper documents the persistence of the Southern slave owning elite in political power after the end of the American Civil War. We draw on a database of Texan state legislators between 1860 and 1900 and link them to their or their ancestors' slaveholdings in 1860. We then show that former...

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The in-hospital mortality rates of slaves and freemen : evidence from Touro infirmary, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1855 - 1860

Pritchett, Jonathan B. (contributor); … - 2008

based on the selective hospital admission of slaves. -- Slavery ; hospital ; Oaxaca-type decomposition ; New Orleans ; Touro …

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The evolution of the racial gap in education and the legacy of slavery

Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo - 2011

determined by the initial gap. We obtain these results with 2SLS estimates where slavery is used as an instrument for the initial … gap. The excludability of slavery is preliminarily established by instrumenting it with the share of disembarked slaves … initial racial gap in education and that slavery affects growth indirectly through this channel. -- race ; inequality …

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Persistence of civil wars

Acemoglu, Daron; Ticchi, Davide; Vindigni, Andrea - 2009

A notable feature of post-World War II civil wars is their very long average duration. We provide a theory of the …

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Peace, terrorism, or civil conflict? : understanding the decision of an opposition group

Jetter, Michael - 2016

When do opposition groups decide to mount a terrorism campaign and when do they enter an open civil conflict against the ruling government? This paper models an opposition group's choice between peace, terrorism, and open conflict. Terrorism emerges if executive constraints are intermediate and...

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