, for distribution, ethnic conflict and crime. We develop a two-community model where such assimilation generates social … gains by: (a) facilitating economic interaction, and (b) dampening religious or racial conflict over symbolic and normative …

This article investigates the relationships between ethnicity, class, and prospects of educational success. For this …

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 …

While economic deprivation is an important determinant of civil conflict, it cannot completely explain the incentives … 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 …

private information about their preferences. Delaying the decision is costly, so a form of multiplayer war of attrition …

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

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

This paper investigates the long-run effects of climate change on conflict by examining cooling from 1400-1900 CE, a … this time, cooling is associated with increased conflict. Then, turning to the dynamics of cooling, we allow the effects of … effect of cooling on conflict is significantly larger if the same location experienced cooling during the preceding period …