analyze the impact of one of the world's largest anti-poverty programs, India's NREGS, on the intensity of Maoist conflict. We …

wellbeing. An increase of 1% life expectancy is equivalent to more than 5% increase in yearly GDP. One year of internal conflict … is consistent with the Easterlin paradox, although we caution against long term analysis given the historical variation …

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 …

We estimate the impact of exposure to conflict on health outcomes using geographic information on households' distance … from conflict sites – a more accurate measure of shock exposure – and compare the impact on children exposed in utero … versus after birth. The identification strategy relies on exogenous variation in the conflict's geographic extent and timing …

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 …

Intifada (2000-2006). We exploit quarterly variation in conflict intensity across districts in the OPT to instrument for …

, which experienced a ten year long civil conflict of varying intensity. Our difference-in-differences analysis shows that … women in villages affected by civil conflict increased their actual and desired fertility during the conflict by 22 percent … was the main pathway leading to reduced child height, as opposed to direct impacts of the conflict. This likely occurred …

policies are less effective for Muslim-led groups in towns with a recent history of religious conflict. Our findings contribute … minorities, and conflict. …

Violent conflict is a well-recognised driver of forced migration but literature does not usually consider the pull … significant economic variable. In addition, we demonstrate that it is episodes of escalating conflict, rather than accumulated … violence, that drives decisions to leave. Out-of-sample predictions indicate that if conflict in origin countries were to cease …