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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 …
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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The household budget survey in Western Europe, 1795-1965
Gazeley, Ian; Holmes, Rose; Newell, Andrew - 2018
We trace the development of the household expenditure survey from its conception during the Napoleonic Wars until the 1960s. We have compiled the first historical bibliography of household budget surveys in Western Europe and, using the surveys themselves as source material, have traced the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011820809
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Latin American household budget surveys 1913-1970 and what they tell us about economic inequality among households
Gazeley, Ian; Holmes, Rose; Lanata Briones, Cecilia; … - 2018
available at http://www.sussex.ac.uk/globalincomeinequality/. In Appendix 1 we offer a synopsis of the history, context and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011820827
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Inequality among European working households, 1890-1960
Gazeley, Ian; Holmes, Rose; Newell, Andrew; Reynolds, Kevin - 2018
In this article we map, for the first time, the time-path of the size distribution of income among working class households in Western Europe, 1890-1960. To do this we exploit data extracted from a large number of newly digitised household expenditure surveys. Many are not representative of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011803155
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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
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Long-term economic consequences of Vietnam-era conscription : schooling, experience and earnings
Angrist, Joshua D. (contributor);  … - 2008
Military service reduces civilian labor market experience but subsidizes higher education through the GI Bill. Both of these channels are likely to affect civilian earnings. New estimates of the effects of military service using Vietnam-era draft-lottery instruments show post-service earnings...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003752840
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How opportunity costs decrease the probability of war in an incomplete information game
Polachek, Solomon W. (contributor); Xiang, Jun (contributor) - 2008
probability of war in an incomplete information game. This result is strongly consistent with existing empirical analyses of the …. -- War ; conflict ; trade ; trade-conflict relationship ; interdependence ; incomplete information game ; signaling …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003784394