common component, we find evidence for a "world business cycle" as well as evidence for a distinct European common component …

success in modern war. Based on a reduced form approach we consider key elements of military theory as factors in the …

perception of economic well-being, possibly influenced by such tactics, predicts war and peace onset. Using unique data … bracketing the onset of the Nepalese Civil War, we find that higher levels of perceived income adequacy are associated with later … war onset during periods of rebel recruitment, and with earlier peace onset in general. These results hold regardless of …

variables. This study draws on conflict variables from the Correlates of War (COW) project to ask a critical question: How do … different types of conflict affect country growth rates? It finds that wars slow the economy. Estimates indicate that civil war …-democracies, low income countries, and countries in Africa. -- Economic growth ; war ; conflict …

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 …

focused on the other direction. We use cross-country panel data for the time period 1960-2005 to estimate war-related changes … in income inequality. Our results indicate rising levels of inequality during war and especially in the early period of … post-war reconstruction. However, we find that this rise in income inequality is not permanent. While inequality peaks …

We argue that one major cause of the U.S. postwar baby boom was the increased demand for female labor during World War …. -- Fertility ; baby boom ; World War II ; female labor-force participation … the one experienced by American women during wartime mobilization. For the war generation, the shock leads to a persistent …