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Identity and Conflict : Evidence from Tuareg Rebellion in Mali​
Ananyev, Maxim; Poyker, Michael - 2021
We demonstrate that civil conflict erodes self-identification with a nation-state even among non-rebellious ethnic groups in non-conflict areas. We perform a difference-in-difference estimation using Afrobarometer data. Using the onset of Tuareg-led insurgency in Mali caused by the demise of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013323035
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Financial determinants of consumer price inflation : what do dynamics in money, credit, efficiency and size tell us?
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2012
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of financial dynamic policy options in money, credit, efficiency and size on consumer prices. Soaring food prices have marked the geopolitical landscape of developing countries in the past few years. Design/methodology/approach - The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410073
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Climatic roots of loss aversion
Galor, Oded; Savitskiy, Viacheslav - 2018
This research explores the origins of loss aversion and the variation in its prevalence across regions, nations and ethnic group. It advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically that the evolution of loss aversion in the course of human history can be traced to the adaptation of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011912825
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Climatic roots of loss aversion
Galor, Oded; Savitskiy, Viacheslav - 2018
This research explores the origins of loss aversion and the variation in its prevalence across regions, nations and ethnic group. It advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically that the evolution of loss aversion in the course of human history can be traced to the adaptation of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011800629
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Does it matter where you came from? : ancestry composition and economic performance of US counties, 1850 - 2010
Fulford, Scott L.; Petkov, Ivan; Schiantarelli, Fabio - 2015
county matter for local economic development and the channels through which the cultural, institutional, and educational … them and pass on to their children are positively associated with local development in the US. Among these factors …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010528617
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Genetic diversity and the origins of cultural fragmentation
Ashraf, Quamrul; Galor, Oded - 2013
role of deeply-rooted biogeographical forces in comparative development, this research empirically demonstrates that … revolutionize the understanding of the e¤ects of deeply-rooted factors on economic development and the composition of human capital …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009693406
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Genetic diversity and the origins of cultural fragmentation
Ashraf, Quamrul; Galor, Oded - 2013
role of deeply-rooted biogeographical forces in comparative development, this research empirically demonstrates that … revolutionize the understanding of the effects of deeply-rooted factors on economic development and the composition of human capital … across the globe. -- genetic diversity ; fractionalization ; development …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009697544
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Genetic Diversity and the Origins of Cultural Fragmentation
Ashraf, Quamrul H. - 2013
role of deeply-rooted biogeographical forces in comparative development, this research empirically demonstrates that … revolutionize the understanding of the effects of deeply-rooted factors on economic development and the composition of human capital …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013087408
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Genetic Diversity and the Origins of Cultural Fragmentation
Ashraf, Quamrul H.; Galor, Oded - 2013
role of deeply-rooted biogeographical forces in comparative development, this research empirically demonstrates that … revolutionize the understanding of the effects of deeply-rooted factors on economic development and the composition of human capital …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014161764
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Occupational attainment and earnings among immigrant groups : evidence from New Zealand
Maani, Sholeh A.; Dai, Mengyu; Inkson, Kerr - 2015
This paper concerns the prediction of career success among migrants. We focus specifically on the role of occupation as a mediating variable between the predictor variables education and time since migration, and the dependent variable career success as denoted by occupational status, linked to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011346678