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Violent conflict and inequality
Bircan, Cagatay; Brück, Tilman; Vothknecht, Marc - 2010
focused on the other direction. We use cross-country panel data for the time period 1960-2005 to estimate war-related changes … in income inequality. Our results indicate rising levels of inequality during war and especially in the early period of … post-war reconstruction. However, we find that this rise in income inequality is not permanent. While inequality peaks …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269837
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What Can Ukraine Learn from Aufbau Ost?
Blum, Ulrich - In: Intereconomics 58 (2023) 2, pp. 119-126
This article uses Aufbau Ost (or reconstruction of the East) of the new German states as a structural model to estimate the possible costs of an Aufbau Ost 2.0 of Ukraine while taking institutional differences into account. Based on three approaches, the model is validated for the new German...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014334693
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Are Urban Children really healthier?
van de Poel, Ellen; O'Donnell, Owen; van Doorslaer, Eddy - 2007
On average, child health outcomes are better in urban than in rural areas of developing countries. Understanding the nature and the causes of this rural-urban disparity is essential in contemplating the health consequences of the rapid urbanization taking place throughout the developing world...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325257
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The economics of grief
van den Berg, Gerard J.; Lundborg, Petter; Vikström, Johan - 2012
We study the short-run and long-run economic impact of one of the largest losses that an individual can face; the death of a child. We utilize unique merged registers on the entire Swedish population, combining information on the date and cause of death with parents' labour market outcomes, health...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321141
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Low malnutrition but high mortality: Explaining the paradox of the Lake Victoria region
Gräb, Johannes; Priebe, Jan - 2009
information from GIS and malaria databases to construct variables that capture additional components of children's geographic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281825
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Krieg und Wiederaufbau im Irak
Brück, Tilman; Schubert, Sven - In: DIW Wochenbericht 70 (2003) 18, pp. 291-297
Der Irakkrieg wurde militärisch wesentlich schneller entschieden als von vielen befürchtet. Die gesamtwirtschaftlichen Kosten des Krieges sind dennoch bedeutend. So ist die jährliche Belastung des US-Haushalts durch die Militärausgaben für den Irakkrieg - gemessen am Bruttoinlandsprodukt -...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011601434
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War and endogenous democracy
Ticchi, Davide; Vindigni, Andrea - 2008
Many episodes of extension of franchise in the 19th and especially in the 20th century occurred during or in the aftermath of major wars. Motivated by this fact, we offer a theory of political transitions which focuses on the impact of international conflicts on domestic political institutions....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268686
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Violent conflict and inequality
Bircan, Cagatay; Brück, Tilman; Vothknecht, Marc - 2010
focused on the other direction. We use cross-country panel data for the time period 1960-2005 to estimate war-related changes … in income inequality. Our results indicate rising levels of inequality during war and especially in the early period of … post-war reconstruction. However, we find that this rise in income inequality is not permanent. While inequality peaks …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271373
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The psychological costs of war: Military combat and mental health
Cesur, Resul; Sabia, Joseph J.; Tekin, Erdal - 2011
While descriptive evidence suggests that deployment in the Global War on Terrorism is associated with adverse mental …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278639
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Ökonomische Folgen: Was Kriege die Welt kosten
Federle, Jonathan-Julian; Meier, André; Müller, Gernot J. - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 104 (2024) 4, pp. 283-286
within war zones. Interestingly, countries geographically close to war zones experience significant economic disruptions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014546012