classes of revolutions that have been observed historically and earlier models cannot explain: 1) a revolution where the most … extreme opponents of the regime protest fiercely and gradually recruit more moderate dissidents; 2) a revolution where … moderates, or regime insiders, lead the way and gradually recruit more extreme regime opponents; 3) a revolution where those who …

standalone effects. In this study, we focus on the case of the Iranian Revolution of 1979 and the subsequent Iran-Iraq war from … 1980 to 1988. We use the synthetic control method to study the effect of revolution and war on changes in income inequality … levels. Had there been no revolution and war in Iran, how would income inequality have developed? Utilizing the synthetic …

We study the effect of the 2011 Egyptian revolution and its aftermath on migration intentions of the Egyptian youth. We … measure revolution intensity using the spacial variation in the number of deaths during the revolution from the Statistical … Database of the Egyptian Revolution Wikithawra and combine it with data on migration intentions from the Harmonized Survey of …

We estimate the opportunity cost for Iran due to the Islamic revolution and eight years' war with Iraq (1978 … loss is equivalent to 40% of income per capita, which an Iranian could reach at the absence of revolution and war. …

Iranians for the period 1978–1988 during the revolution and war. I use a synthetic control approach to construct a synthetic … (‘OPEC’) countries. The synthetic Iran matches the average level of key pre-revolution life expectancy correlates and the … evolution of the factual Iranian life expectancy during the post-revolution period through the end of the war. I find a sizable …