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The long-term direct and external effects of Jewish expulsions in Nazi Germany

Akbulut-Yuksel, Mevlude; Yuksel, Mutlu - 2011

This paper provides causal evidence on long-term consequences of Jewish expulsions in Nazi Germany on the educational attainment and political outcomes of German children. We combine a unique city-level dataset on the fraction of Jewish population residing in Germany before the Nazi Regime with...

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Surviving the genocide : the impact of the Rwandan genocide on child mortality

Ciani, Federico; Giannelli, Gianna Claudia - 2013

Between April and July 1994 Rwanda experienced a tremendous wave of inter-ethnic violence that caused at least 500,000 deaths. Combining birth history data drawn from the 2000 Rwanda Demographic and Health Survey with prefecture-level information on the intensity of the conflict, we examine the...

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Business in genocide : understanding and avoiding complicity

Stel, Nora; Naudé, Wim - 2016

Genocides and mass atrocities do not arise spontaneously, but tend to be meticulously sourced and managed. As such the concern in this paper is with the role of businesses in these processes, with a particular focus on the agency and decision making of entrepreneurs and managers. We critically...

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Social networks and surviving the Holocaust

Bělín, Matěj; Jelínek, Tomáš; Jurajda, Štěpán - 2022

Survivor testimonies link survival in deadly POW camps, Gulags, and Nazi concentration camps to the formation of close friendships with other prisoners. We provide statistical evidence consistent with these fundamentally selective testimonies. We study the survival of the 140 thousand Jews who...

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The effects of conflict on fertility : evidence from the genocide in Rwanda

Schindler, Kati; Brück, Tilman; Di Maio, Michele; … - 2019

This paper analyzes the fertility effects of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. We study the effects of violence on both the hazard of having a child in the early post-genocide period and on the total number of post-genocide births up to 15 years following the conflict. We use individual-level data...

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The effect of remittances on labour supply in the Republic of Haiti

Jadotte, Evans; Ramos Morilla, Xavier - 2015

We examine the labour supply effect of remittances in the Republic of Haiti, the prime international remittances …

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Migration, remittances and children's schooling in Haiti

Amuedo Dorantes, Catalina (contributor); … - 2008

In this paper, we focus on the use of remittances to school children remaining in migrant communities in Haiti. After …'s schooling and, given the substantial costs of schooling in Haiti, contribute to the accumulation of human capital in the midst … of extreme poverty. -- Migration ; remittances ; education ; Haiti …

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On the implications of immigration policy restricting citizenship : evidence from the Dominican Republic

Amuedo Dorantes, Catalina; Hernández, Carlos Gratereaux; … - 2017

In 2010, an amendment to the Dominican constitution weakened the concept of jus soli citizenship by denying Dominican nationality to individuals born on Dominican soil to irregular immigrants. A few years later, in 2013, the Dominican High Court denationalized large numbers of individuals by...

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Bright investments : measuring the impact of transport infrastructure using luminosity data in Haiti

Mitnik, Oscar A.; Sanchez, Raul; Yañez-Pagans, Patricia - 2018

This paper quantifies the impacts of transport infrastructure investments on economic activity in Haiti, using …

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The effects of the 2010 Haiti earthquake on children's nutrition and education

Dodlova, Marina; Escobar Carias, Michelle; Grimm, Michael - 2023

We assess the impact of the 2010 Haiti earthquake on children’s nutrition and education. We combine geo-coded shaking … intensity data with four waves of the Haiti Demographic Health Survey, two administered before and two after the earthquake. We …

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