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Hobbes to Rousseau : inequality, institutions, and development

Cervellati, Matteo (contributor); … - 2005

We analyze the endogenous evolution of economic and political institutions and the interdependencies with the process of economic development. Favorable economic institutions ensure the appropriability of rents in form of a state of law. We study the conditions under which a state of law can be...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002543970

Rule of law, institutional quality and information

Bruno, Randolph (contributor) - 2008

The focus of this paper is the analysis of the persistent lawlessness attitude observed in some transition and developing countries where an overall increase in the quality of institutions is recorded. The mechanism of information diffusion on institutional quality is explored using a model...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003716535

Are all democracies equally good? : The role of interactions between political environment and inequality for rule of law

Sunde, Uwe (contributor); Cervellati, Matteo (contributor); … - 2007

Using cross-country data, we find evidence for a significant negative interaction effect between democracy and inequality in determining the quality of growth-promoting institutions like rule of law. Democracy is associated with institutions of higher quality when inequality is lower.

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Could education promote the Israeli-Palestinian peace process?

Attar, Mayssun el - 2009

situation of peace, highly educated individuals are more strongly affected by current depressed economic conditions in Palestine …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003900857

The effect of prenatal stress on birth weight : evidence from the al-Aqsa Intifada

Mansour, Hani; Rees, Daniel I. - 2011

No previous study has attempted to estimate the effect of intrauterine exposure to armed conflict, a potential source of stress, on pregnancy outcomes. Drawing on data from the 2004 Palestinian Demographic and Health Survey, we examine the relationship between fatalities caused by Israeli...

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Comparative essay on returns to education in Palestine and Turkey

Tansel, Aysıt; Daoud, Yousef - 2011

This study exposes a comparative treatment of the private returns to education in Palestine and Turkey over the period … Palestine. The median ratio of male to female return is 0.55 (university) in 2004 and decreased to 0.17 (high school) in 2008 in … Palestine. The corresponding figures for Turkey are 0.79 and .082 (both for high school).Finally, it was found that the …

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Learning the hard way : the effect of violent conflict on student academic achievement

Brück, Tilman; Di Maio, Michele; Miaari, Sami H. - 2014

We study the effect of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on the probability to pass the final high-school exam for Palestinian students in the West Bank during the Second Intifada (2000-2006). By exploiting within-school variation in the number of conflict-related Palestinian fatalities during...

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The struggle for Palestinian hearts and minds : violence and public opinion in the second intifada

Jaeger, David A.; Klor, Esteban F.; Miaari, Sami H.; … - 2008

This paper examines how violence in the Second Intifada influences Palestinian public opinion. Using micro data from a series of opinion polls linked to data on fatalities, we find that Israeli violence against Palestinians leads them to support more radical factions and more radical attitudes...

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The shape of things to come? : Assessing the effectiveness of suicide attacks and targeted killings

Jaeger, David A. (contributor); … - 2007

In this paper we assess the effectiveness of suicide attacks and targeted killings in the Second Intifada. We find evidence that the targeted killings of Palestinian leaders by Israel reduce realized Palestinian violence. We find, however, that intended Palestinian violence is increasing at low...

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The cycle of violence? : An empirical analysis of fatalities in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict

Jaeger, David A. (contributor); … - 2005

This paper studies the dynamics of violence in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict since the outbreak of the Second (or "Al-Aqsa") Intifada in September 2000, during which more than 3,300 Palestinians and more than 1,000 Israelis have been killed. The conflict has followed an uneven pattern, with...

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