Verwimp, Philip; Bundervoet, Tom - European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics and … - 2008
We analyse the effect of civil war on household welfare. Using Burundian panel data for the 1998-2007 period in which we re-interviewed original as well as newly formed households (split-offs), we show that headcount poverty decreased by 3.5 % points when split-off households are taken into...