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Economics of Civil Conflict : Evidence from the Punjab Insurgency

Singh, Prakarsh - 2016

the economic causes and consequences of the conflict in Punjab, which has been classified as a civil war and also an …. Finally, I consider the macro and microeconomic effects of the conflict in Punjab that affected every walk of life and perhaps …

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Three Revolutions of the Modern Era

Easterlin, Richard A. - 2019

The emergence and evolution of modern science since the 17th century has led to three major breakthroughs in the human condition. The first, the Industrial Revolution, started in the late 18th century and is based chiefly on developments associated with the rise of the natural sciences. The...

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Did the Arab Spring Reduce MENA Countries' Growth?

Arayssi, Mahmoud - 2019

This paper examines the economic ramifications of the recent political reconfigurations that the MENA region witnessed, commonly known as the Arab Spring, utilizing MENA countries data during period 2005-2016. Using the Arellano-Bond dynamic panel estimation, the paper estimates a growth model...

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The Impact of Violence on Individual Risk Preferences : Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Jakiela, Pamela - 2016

longitudinal survey of more than five thousand Kenyan youth, creating plausibly exogenous variation in exposure to civil conflict …

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Diasporas and Conflict

Mariani, Fabio - 2016

We build a model of conflict in which two groups contest a resource and must decide on the optimal allocation of labor … involved in the conflict by transferring financial resources to its origin country. We find that the diaspora influences the … conflict equilibrium, the two groups of residents prefer to negotiate a peaceful settlement if there exists a sharing rule that …

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The Long Shadow of the Chinese Cultural Revolution : The Intergenerational Transmission of Education

Meng, Xin - 2017

Between 1966 and 1976, China experienced a Cultural Revolution (CR). During this period, the education of around 17 birth cohorts was interrupted by between 1 and 8 years. In this paper we examine whether, and by how much, this large-scale schooling interruption affected their children's...

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Analyzing the Perceptions of Egyptian Youth About the Arab Spring

Fakih, Ali - 2019

Egyptian youth played a central role in the Arab Spring (AS) uprisings, yearning for changes in the political system and for better economic conditions. This paper investigates the perceptions of young Egyptians about the AS. The empirical analysis uses a bivariate ordered probit model to...

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The Impact of Violence During the Mexican Revolution on Migration to the United States

Escamilla-Guerrero, David; Kosack, Edward; Ward, Zachary - 2023

little about the dynamics - magnitude, timing, and persistence - of conflict-induced migration in the short run. We use novel … high-frequency data to estimate the dynamic migration response to conflict for the case of the Mexican Revolution (1910 … ownership moderated the migration response to conflict, we show that these factors affect different aspects of the response …

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The American Origin of the French Revolution

Ottinger, Sebastian; Rosenberger, Lukas - 2023

France sent five thousand men to fight alongside George Washington's army in the American Revolutionary War. We show that the French combatants' exposure to the United States of America increased support for the French Revolution a decade later. French regions (départements) from which more...

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Two to Tangle : Financial Development, Political Instability and Economic Growth in Argentina (1896-2000)

Campos, Nauro F.; Karanasos, Menelaos; Tan, Bin - 2021

This paper investigates the effects of financial development and political instability on economic growth in a power-ARCH framework with data for Argentina from 1896 to 2000. Our findings suggest that (i) informal or unanticipated political instability (e.g., guerrilla warfare) has a direct...

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