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Violent Conflict Exposure in Nigeria and Economic Welfare

Odozi, John Chiwuzulum - 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 have existed in different … Nigeria using the three waves of the Nigerian General Household Survey (GHS) panel combined with The Armed Conflict Location …

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Diversity and Conflict

Arbatli, Cemal Eren - 2018

This research advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically that interpersonal population diversity has contributed significantly to the emergence, prevalence, recurrence, and severity of intrasocietal conflicts. Exploiting an exogenous source of variations in population diversity across...

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Obstacles on the Road to School : The Impacts of Mobility Restrictions on Educational Performance

Miaari, Sami H. - 2020

This paper examines the impact of mobility restrictions on educational performance in the West Bank over 2000–2006 during the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This conflict is characterized by a system of mobility restrictions enforced through physical barriers such as checkpoints. Using novel...

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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 between fighting and productive activities. In this setting, a diaspora emanating from one of the two groups can get actively involved in the conflict by transferring financial...

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Winter is Coming : The Long-Run Effects of Climate Change on Conflict, 1400-1900

Iyigun, Murat - 2017

This paper investigates the long-run effects of climate change on conflict by examining cooling from 1400-1900 CE, a period that includes most of the Little Ice Age. We construct a geo-referenced and digitized database of conflicts in Europe, North Africa, and the Near East from 1400-1900, which...

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Peace, Terrorism, or Civil Conflict? Understanding the Decision of an Opposition Group

Jetter, Michael - 2016

When do opposition groups decide to mount a terrorism campaign and when do they enter an open civil conflict against the ruling government? This paper models an opposition group's choice between peace, terrorism, and open conflict. Terrorism emerges if executive constraints are intermediate and...

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The Long-Run Effects of Agricultural Productivity on Conflict, 1400-1900

Iyigun, Murat - 2017

This paper provides evidence of the long-run effects of a permanent increase in agricultural productivity on conflict. We construct a newly digitized and geo-referenced dataset of battles in Europe, the Near East and North Africa covering the period between 1400 and 1900 CE. For variation in...

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Violent Conflict and Breastfeeding : The Case of Iraq

Diwakar, Vidya - 2017

This study explores the relationship between armed conflict and breastfeeding practices of Iraqi mothers. Using a 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...

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A Model of Dynamic Conflict in Ethnocracies

Bakshi, Dripto - 2015

We model an infinitely repeated Tullock contest, over the sharing of some given resource, between two ethnic groups. The resource is allocated by a composite state institution according to relative ethnic control; hence the ethnic groups contest the extent of institutional ethnic bias. The...

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How Forced Displacements Caused by a Violent Conflict Affect Wages in Colombia

Giménez, José Ignacio - 2016

In this paper, we analyze how forced displacements caused by violent conflicts affect the wages of displaced workers in Colombia, a country characterized by a long historical prevalence of violent conflicts between the government, the militia group (FARC), drug trafficking, and other crime that...

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