Our research examines the effect of combat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan on casualties. We use restricted data … types.Our estimates indicate that overall U.S. military personnel who deployed in an individual year to Iraq or Afghanistan …

unique pairing of the Iraq Body Count database, in conjunction with the 2006 and 2011 Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys for … Iraq, we find that increases in conflict-related casualties are associated with a decline in breastfeeding incidence, with …

This is the first paper using household survey data from two countries involved in an international war (Eritrea and … sites to more accurately measure a child's war exposure. War-exposed children in both countries have lower height-for-age Z …-scores, with the children in the war-instigating and losing country (Eritrea) suffering more than the winning nation (Ethiopia …

war on women's employment decisions. Results indicate that as a result of the Maoist-led insurgency, women's employment … probabilities were substantially higher in 2001 and 2006 relative to the outbreak of war in 1996. These employment results also hold …

, Colorado. These units were repeatedly deployed during the Iraq War, allowing us to measure the effect of arguably exogenous …

This paper estimates the causal long-term consequences of an exposure to war in utero and during childhood on the risk …

having been given a first name that is synonymous with the leader(s) of the fascist Croatian state during World War II … predicts volunteering for army service in the 1991-1995 Croatian war of independence and dying during the conflict. Next, we … the evolution of nationalism and its intergenerational transmission across locations affected by extreme war …

This paper analyses the effects of disease and war on the accumulation of human and physical capital. We employ an … stationary war losses and premature adult mortality. If parents are altruistic and their sub-utility function for own consumption …