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Democratization, violent social conflicts, and growth
Cervellati, Matteo; Sunde, Uwe - 2011
This paper investigates the empirical role of violent conflicts for the causal effect of democracy on economic growth. Exploiting within-country variation to identify the effect of democratization during the Third Wave, we find evidence that the effect of democratization is weaker than reported...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278790
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The long-run labor-market consequences of civil war: Evidence from the Shining Path in Peru
Galdo, Jose - 2010
This study exploits district-level variation in the timing and intensity of civil war violence to investigate whether early-life exposure to civil wars affects labor-market outcomes later in life. In particular, we examine the impacts of armed conflict in Peru, a country that experienced the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269927
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Disease environment and civil conflicts
Cervellati, Matteo; Sunde, Uwe; Valmori, Simona - 2011
This paper tests the hypothesis that a high and persistent exposure to infectious diseases increases the likelihood of civil conflicts. Diseases that are difficult to prevent and treat may reduce the opportunity costs of violent activities, both directly and indirectly. The analysis exploits new...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278648
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The impact of armed conflict on economic performance: Evidence from Rwanda
Serneels, Pieter; Verpoorten, Marijke - 2012
Important gaps remain in the understanding of the economic consequences of civil war. Focusing on the conflict in Rwanda in the early 90s, and using micro data to carry out econometric analysis, this paper finds that households and localities that experienced more intense conflict are lagging...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287624
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Guns and Butter? Fighting Violence with the Promise of Development
Khanna, Gaurav; Zimmermann, Laura V - 2015
There is growing awareness that development-oriented government policies may be an important counterinsurgency strategy, but existing papers are usually unable to disentangle various mechanisms. Using a regression-discontinuity design, we analyze the impact of one of the world's largest...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307362
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Terrorism and Integration of Muslim Immigrants
Elsayed, Ahmed; de Grip, Andries - 2013
terrorism has a particularly negative impact on the integration of the highly educated, employed, and less religious Muslims …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319497
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Child labor and schooling response to changes in coca production in rural Peru
Dammert, Ana C. - 2007
Coca eradication and interdiction are the most common policies aimed at reducing the production and distribution of cocaine in the Andes, but little is known about their impact on households. This paper uses the shift in the production of coca leaves from Peru to Colombia in 1995 to analyze the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268140
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Hurricane Watch: Battening Down the Effects of the Storm on Local Crop Production
Spencer, Nekeisha; Polachek, Solomon - 2015
This study utilizes a panel fixed effects model to explore the economic impact of hurricanes on local crop production in Jamaica using quarterly 1999-2008 micro level data. We find, in general, that hurricanes will have a negative impact on production but not for crops grown below ground. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011401699
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Teacher shortages, teacher contracts and their impact on education in Africa
Bourdon, Jean; Frölich, Markus; Michaelowa, Katharina - 2007
the quantile treatment effects for Niger, Togo and Mali, based on very informative data, comparable across these countries … same time, we also observe clear differences between the countries. We find that, overall, effects are positive in Mali … contract teacher programme in the three countries. In Mali and, to some extent, in Togo, the contract teacher system works more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268502
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Diversity and Conflict
Arbatli, Cemal Eren; Ashraf, Quamrul; Galor, Oded; … - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011873491