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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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Reducing risks in wartime through capital-labor substitution : evidence from World War II
Rohlfs, Chris; Sullivan, Ryan; Kniesner, Thomas J. - 2015
estimate the marginal cost of reducing U.S. fatalities in World War II, holding constant mission effectiveness, usage intensity … (troop-intensive), and airborne (also troop-intensive) military units, as well as mid-war reorganizations of each type, to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011309157
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The economic consequences of being widowed by war : a life-cycle perspective
Braun, Sebastian; Stuhler, Jan - 2024
use life history data from West Germany to show that war widowhood increased women's employment immediately after World …Despite millions of war widows worldwide, little is known about the economic consequences of being widowed by war. We … War II but led to lower employment rates later in life. War widows, therefore, carried a double burden of employment and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014529728
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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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Herausbildung erster Wesenszüge des Normalarbeitsverhältnisses in Deutschland
Kendzia, Michael Jan - 2010
contract in Germany from the middle of the 19th century until the beginning of World War I. The beginning of the welfare state …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008780307
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Der Institutionalisierungsprozess des Lohnarbeitsverhältnisses vom Ersten bis zum Zweiten Weltkrieg in Deutschland
Kendzia, Michael Jan - 2010
employment contract in Germany from the beginning of World War I until the outbreak of World War II. For this purpose, a model of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009152424
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From the death of God to the rise of Hitler
Becker, Sascha O.; Voth, Hans-Joachim - 2023
Can weakened religiosity lead to the rise of totalitarianism? The Nazi Party set itself up as a political religion, emphasizing redemption, sacrifice, rituals, and communal spirit. This had a major impact on its success: Where the Christian Church only had shallow roots, the Nazis received...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014419468
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Was Weber wrong? : A human capital theory of protestant economic history
Becker, Sascha O. (contributor);  … - 2007
Max Weber attributed the higher economic prosperity of Protestant regions to a Protestant work ethic. We provide an alternative theory, where Protestant economies prospered because instruction in reading the Bible generated the human capital crucial to economic prosperity. County-level data from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003610049
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Identifying conflict and violence in micro-level surveys
Brück, Tilman; Justino, Patricia; Verwimp, Philip; … - 2010
focus on World Bank's Living Standard Measurement Surveys (LSMS), and propose suggestions on how to improve questionnaires … affect the welfare characteristics and choices of individuals and households in conflict areas. -- conflict ; violence ; war …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008688854