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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
migration rates of about 60 percent that lasted for a few months: after five months, migration rates reverted back to pre-violence … women and children. We show that violence was the main treatment channel, with variation in the intensity and nature of … violence explaining the magnitude and persistence of the migration response. While migration costs, migrant networks, and land …
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Tax Evasion on a Social Network
Gamannossi degl’Innocenti, Duccio - 2018
We relate tax evasion behavior to a substantial literature on self and social comparison in judgements. Taxpayers engage in tax evasion as a means to boost their expected consumption relative to others in their "local" social network, and relative to past consumption. The unique Nash equilibrium...
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Tax Evasion : Cheating Rationally or Deciding Emotionally?
Coricelli, Giorgio; Joffily, Mateus; Montmarquette, Claude - 2021
The economic models of tax compliance predict that individuals should evade taxes when the expected benefit of cheating is greater than its expected cost. When this condition is fulfilled, the high compliance however observed remains a puzzle. In this paper, we investigate the role of emotions...
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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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Economics of Civil Conflict : Evidence from the Punjab Insurgency
Singh, Prakarsh - 2016
The Punjab Insurgency in India (1978-1993) took the lives of over 20,000 people. Yet, there has been little research on the economic causes and consequences of the conflict in Punjab, which has been classified as a civil war and also an insurgency. In this article, I delve into some of the...
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The Impact of Violence on Individual Risk Preferences : Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Jakiela, Pamela - 2016
-election violence sharply increased individual risk aversion. Immediately after the crisis, the fraction of subjects displaying extreme …
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Diasporas and Conflict
Mariani, Fabio - 2016
war outcome and, above a certain size, contributes to the escalation of violence. Given the characteristics of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012981492
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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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