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Guns and butter? : fighting violence with the promise of development
Khanna, Gaurav; Zimmermann, Laura V. - 2015
find short-run increases of insurgency-related violence, police-initiated attacks, and insurgent attacks on civilians. We …
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Economics of civil conflict : evidence from the Punjab insurgency
Prakarsh Singh - 2016
The Punjab Insurgency in India (1978-1993) took the lives of over 20,000 people. Yet, there has been little research on … insurgency. In this article, I delve into some of the reasons for why Punjab suffered such a prolonged and bloody insurgency …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011594128
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War of the waves : radio and resistance during World War II
Gagliarducci, Stefano; Onorato, Massimiliano Gaetano; … - 2017
Can counter-propaganda by a foreign democratic country help to overthrow an authoritarian military regime? And if so, what are the mechanisms through which this happens? We analyze these questions in the context of the Nazi-fascist occupation of Italy during WWII. We study the effect of BBC...
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Forced labor and health-related outcomes : the case of beggar children
Drydakis, Nick - 2023
The study aims to examine whether beggar children are victims of forced labor, as well as to identify the manifestations of forced labor in beggar children, and assess whether forced child begging relates to deteriorated health-related quality of life and mental health. The study focused on the...
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Employment vs. homestay and the happiness of women in the South Caucasus
Torosyan, Karine; Pignatti, Norberto - 2020
women of the South Caucasus region. The rich data collected annually by the Caucasus Research Resource Center allows us to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012157187
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Demographic transitions across time and space
Delventhal, Matthew J.; Fernández-Villaverde, Jesús; … - 2022
The demographic transition -the move from a high fertility/high mortality regime into a low fertility/low mortality regime- is one of the most fundamental transformations that countries undertake. To study demographic transitions across time and space, we compile a data set of birth and death...
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Global mobility and the threat of pandemics: evidence from three centuries
Clemens, Michael A.; Ginn, Thomas - 2020
Countries restrict the overall extent of international travel and migration to balance the expected costs and benefits of mobility. Given the ever-present threat of new, future pandemics, how should permanent restrictions on mobility respond? A simple theoretical framework predicts that reduced...
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Optimal unemployment benefits in the pandemic
Mitman, Kurt; Rabinovich, Stanislav - 2020
How should unemployment benefits vary in response to the economic crisis induced by the COVID-19 pandemic? We answer this question by computing the optimal unemployment insurance response to the COVID-induced recession.We compare the optimal policy to the provisions under the CARES Act-which...
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Voting and political participation in the aftermath of the HIV/AIDS epidemic
Mansour, Hani; Rees, Daniel I.; Reeves, James - 2020
This is the first study to examine the effect of experiencing a widespread, deadly epidemic on voting behavior. Using … the period 1983-1987, we document the effects of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on votes received by Democratic and Republican … share received by Democratic candidates. Congressional districts that bore the brunt of the HIV/AIDS epidemic also saw …
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Should contact bans be lifted in Germany? : a quantitative prediction of its effects
Donsimoni, Jean Roch; Glawion, René; Plachter, Bodo; … - 2020
Many countries consider the lifting of restrictions of social contacts (RSC). We quantify the effects of RSC for Germany. We initially employ a purely statistical approach to predicting prevalence of COVID19 if RSC were upheld after April 20. We employ these findings and feed them into our...
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