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Conflict Exposure and Economic Welfare in Nigeria
Odozi, John Chiwuzulum; Oyelere, Ruth Uwaifo - 2019
countries. In this paper we attempt to estimate the casual impact of conflict in Nigeria on welfare related outcomes. The 2009 … in the North Eastern and Central parts of Nigeria. However, bouts of violent conflict has existed in different … communities across Nigeria since independence. We estimate the general effect of conflict exposure on welfare, across Nigeria …
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Violent Conflict Exposure in Nigeria and Labor Supply of Farm Households
Chiwuzulum Odozi, John; Oyelere, Ruth Uwaifo - 2020
Nigeria has experienced bouts of violent conflict in different regions over the last few decades leading to significant … supply of agricultural households. Using a nationally representative panel dataset for Nigeria in combination with armed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012312625
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Family Planning and Ethnic Heritage: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo; Falco, Chiara - 2024
Family planning is a critical issue in countries, particularly those in sub-Saharan Africa, where high fertility rates coexist with low contraceptive use alongside ad- verse perinatal outcomes. Using a combination of ethnographic, ecological, and folklore data, we investigate the role played in...
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The role of conflict in sex discrimination: The case of missing girls
Mavisakalyan, Astghik; Minasyan, Anna - 2018
Recent evidence shows that highly skewed sex ratios at birth are observed not only in China and India, but also for a number of countries in the Southeast Europe and South Caucasus - a region that has seen eruptions of conflicts following the collapse of communist regimes. Yet, the role of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011858092
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War and Social Attitudes
Child, Travers Barclay; Nikolova, Elena - 2018
We study the long-run effects of con ict on social attitudes, with World War II in Central and Eastern Europe as our setting. Much of earlier work has relied on self- reported measures of victimization, which are prone to endogenous misreporting. With our own survey-based measure, we replicate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011930115
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Borderline Disorder: (De facto) Historical Ethnic Borders and Contemporary Conflict in Africa
Depetris-Chauvin, Emilio; Özak, Ömer - 2020
We explore the effect of historical ethnic borders on contemporary conflict in Africa. We document that both the intensive and extensive margins of contemporary conflict are higher close to historical ethnic borders. Exploiting variations across artificial regions within an ethnicity's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012304156
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Ethnic Divisions and the Onset of Civil Wars in Syria
Abosedra, Salah; Fakih, Ali; Haimoun, Nathir - 2021
While most civil wars seem to have an economic basis, they are generally pushed by political, ethnic, and religious differences. This paper attempts to identify the drivers of the Syrian civil war of 2011 by investigating the role of ethnic divisions in starting a conflict. We integrate a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012395800
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Terrorism and Voting Behavior: Evidence from the United States
Baccini, Leonardo; Brodeur, Abel; Nossek, Sean; Shor, Eran - 2021
This paper examines the impact of terrorism on voting behavior in the United States. We rely on an exhaustive list of terror attacks over the period 1970-2016 and exploit the inherent randomness of the success or failure of terror attacks to identify the political impacts of terrorism. We first...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012406272
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Rally Post-Terrorism
Chen, Shuai - 2022
This study examines whether the rally 'round the flag phenomenon is present in the context of terrorist attacks, and investigates the explanations for the related increase of confidence in political institutions and political approval of the incumbent's job performance. I exploit variations in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013162008
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On the Economic Consequences of Mass Shootings
Brodeur, Abel; Yousaf, Hasin - 2022
In this paper, we investigate the economic consequences of mass shootings. We find that shootings have negative effects on targeted counties' economies. Estimates using three different comparison groups yield similar results. Examining the mechanisms, we find that residents of targeted areas:...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013279644