'the economic costs of mass violent conflict' by identifying strengths and weaknesses of the existing literature. The … COW and the UCDP/PRIO for conflicts and the Penn World Tables and the World Development Indicators for socioeconomic data … conflict. These models differ by complexity, ranging from standard regression analysis to computable general equilibrium models …

affect the welfare characteristics and choices of individuals and households in conflict areas. -- conflict ; violence ; war … conflict-affected countries. This module will enable researchers to address specific violence-related issues comparatively … survey designs in conflict-affected areas. We review existing conflict- and violence-related questionnaires, with a special …

This paper presents a novel approach to accounting for subnational conflict exposure and provides new insights into the … causal medium-run effects of conflict on economic development. The existing literature has not reached a consensus on whether … civil conflict can permanently alter economic growth trajectories. This study identifies the source of this disagreement as …

income. We explain this process of democratization as a rational way for incumbent elites to wage war effectively on other … nations, as in a strategic game of international conflict handing over military spending decisions to citizens who face a …

Several papers have attempted to estimate and document the impact of conflict on several education, health and … socioeconomic outcomes. One lesson from the past research is the heterogeneity in the effect of violent conflict across and within … countries. In this paper we attempt to estimate the casual impact of conflict in Nigeria on welfare related outcomes. The 2009 …