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The impact of armed conflict on economic performance: Evidence from Rwanda
Serneels, Pieter; Verpoorten, Marijke - 2012
Rwanda in the early 90s, and using micro data to carry out econometric analysis, this paper finds that households and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287624
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Armed conflict and schooling: evidence from the 1994 Rwandan genocide
Akresh, Richard; de Walque, Damien - 2008
To examine the impact of Rwanda´s 1994 genocide on children´s schooling, the authors combine two cross …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277119
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Does conflict disrupt growth? Evidence of the relationship between political instability and national economic performance
Polachek, Solomon W.; Sevastianova, Daria - 2010
Current empirical growth models limit the determinants of country growth to geographic, economic, and institutional variables. This study draws on conflict variables from the Correlates of War (COW) project to ask a critical question: How do different types of conflict affect country growth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269690
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The Impact of Armed Conflict on Economic Performance: Evidence from Rwanda
Serneels, Pieter; Verpoorten, Marijke - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Rwanda in the early 90s, and using micro data to carry out econometric analysis, this paper finds that households and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011207668
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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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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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Autopsy on an Empire : Understanding Mortality in Russia and the Former Soviet Union
Brainerd, Elizabeth; Cutler, David M. - 2005
survey data, we assess six possible explanations for this upsurge in mortality. Most find little support in the data: the … mortality rates. The two factors that do appear to be important are alcohol consumption, especially as it relates to external …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262196
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Deaths Rise in Good Economic Times: Evidence From the OECD
Gerdtham, Ulf-G.; Ruhm, Christopher J. - 2003
macroeconomic conditions and fatalities. The main finding is that total mortality and deaths from several common causes increase … a 0.4 percent rise in total mortality and 0.4, 1.1, 1.8, 2.1 and 0.8 percent increases in deaths from cardiovascular …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262242
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The Mortality Crisis in East Germany
Zimmermann, Klaus F.; Riphahn, Regina T. - 1998
A number of studies suggest that mortality rates among East German men increased in the wake of reunification, in … mortality and cause of death statistics based on detailed regional data. The results indicate that there was indeed an increase … in mortality rates which cannot be dismissed as a statistical artefact. Next, the paper discusses various theories …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262254