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Income and happiness in Afghanistan : do insecurity and violence matter?
Asadi, Mohammad Haroon; Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza - 2023
We examine the relationship between household income and happiness in Afghanistan and the moderating roles of fear of … provinces in Afghanistan. Employing fixed effects ordered logit regressions, our results reveal a positive association between … significantly impact their predicated level of happiness. This result can be attributed to two main issues. First, in conflict …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014444343
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On the heterogeneity of Terror
Kis-Katos, Krisztina; Liebert, Helge; Schulze, Günther - 2012
The existing literature on the determinants of terrorism treats terror as a uniform phenomenon and does not distinguish between different types of terror. This paper explicitly addresses the heterogeneity of terror by classifying groups according to their ideologies. We show that the pattern of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325137
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On the heterogeneity of Terror
Kis-Katos, Krisztina; Liebert, Helge; Schulze, Günther G. - 2012
The existing literature on the determinants of terrorism treats terror as a uniform phenomenon and does not distinguish between different types of terror. This paper explicitly addresses the heterogeneity of terror by classifying groups according to their ideologies. We show that the pattern of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009546633
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On the heterogeneity of terror
Kis-Katos, Krisztina; Liebert, Helge; Schulze, Günther G. - 2012
The existing literature on the determinants of terrorism treats terror as a uniform phenomenon and does not distinguish between different types of terror. This paper explicitly addresses the heterogeneity of terror by classifying groups according to their ideologies. We show that the pattern of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009548192
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On the Heterogeneity of Terror
Kis-Katos, Krisztina - 2012
The existing literature on the determinants of terrorism treats terror as a uniform phenomenon and does not distinguish between different types of terror. This paper explicitly addresses the heterogeneity of terror by classifying groups according to their ideologies. We show that the pattern of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013104966
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Terrorism, Immigration and Asylum Approval
Brodeur, Abel - 2019
Using the universe of individual asylum cases in the United States from 2000-2004 and a difference-in-differences research design, we test whether Sept. 11, 2001 decreased the likelihood that applicants from Muslim-majority countries were granted asylum. Our estimates suggest that the attacks...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012861315
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Terrorism, immigration and asylum approval
Brodeur, Abel; Wright, Taylor - 2019
Using the universe of individual asylum cases in the United States from 2000-2004 and a difference-in-differences research design, we test whether Sept. 11, 2001 decreased the likelihood that applicants from Muslim-majority countries were granted asylum. Our estimates suggest that the attacks...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012118990
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The impact of fundamentalist terrorism on school enrolment : evidence from North-Western Pakistan, 2004-09
Khan, Sarah; Seltzer, Andrew - 2016
Islamist groups in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and elsewhere have sought to remove females from public life. This paper uses … Pakistani Taliban's terror campaign in the north-western province of Khyber Pukhtoonkhwa aimed at removing girls from school … commonly been portrayed in the media. Finally, although the Taliban warned students to enrol in madrassas rather than secular …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011528137
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The Impact of Fundamentalist Terrorism on School Enrolment : Evidence from North-Western Pakistan, 2004-09
Khan, Sarah - 2016
Islamist groups in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and elsewhere have sought to remove females from public life. This paper uses … Pakistani Taliban's terror campaign in the north-western province of Khyber Pukhtoonkhwa aimed at removing girls from school … commonly been portrayed in the media. Finally, although the Taliban warned students to enrol in madrassas rather than secular …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012983905
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Military intervention via drone strikes
Mahmood, Rafat; Jetter, Michael - 2019
We study the 420 US drone strikes in Pakistan from 2006-2016, isolating causal effects on terrorism, anti-US sentiment, and radicalization via an instrumental variable strategy based on wind. Drone strikes are suggested to encourage terrorism in Pakistan, bearing responsibility for 16 percent of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012005283