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Growing into and out of Social Conflict
Harms, Philipp; Zink, Stefan - 2002
We present a model of growth and distributional conflict that implies a non-monotonic relationship between average wealth and the likelihood of radical redistribution: while the net benefits of redistribution for members of the poor class are small at low stages of development, a shift towards...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430034
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Polygyny, inequality, and social unrest
Krieger, Tim; Renner, Laura - 2020
are related to different dimensions of grievance-inducing and, partly, greed-related inequality, which may occur in … polygynous societies. These dimensions include (i) economic, reproductive and social inequality resulting in relative deprivation … among non-elite men; (ii) inequality within elites when it comes to the distribution of resources and inheritance, both …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012201849
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Polygyny, Inequality, and Social Unrest
Krieger, Tim; Renner, Laura - 2020
are related to different dimensions of grievance-inducing and, partly, greed-related inequality, which may occur in … polygynous societies. These dimensions include (i) economic, reproductive and social inequality resulting in relative deprivation … among non-elite men; (ii) inequality within elites when it comes to the distribution of resources and inheritance, both …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012207995
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A Tragic Solution to the Collective Action Problem: Implications for Corruption, Conflict and Inequality
Nieva, Ricardo - 2020
which have been shown to form together with conflict and inequality endogenously; otherwise, this occurs with non corrupt …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012269867
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Unbundling the Relationship between Economic Shocks and Crime
Ferraz, Eduardo; Soares, Rodrigo R.; Vargas, Juan - 2021
level of economic inequality, the institutional strength and law enforcement capacity of the state, and whether there are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012882530
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Exposure to conflict, migrations and long-run education and income inequality: Evidence from Bosnia and Herzegovina
Efendic, Adnan; Kovaéc, Dejan; Shapiro, Jacob N. - 2022
We investigate the long-term relationship between conflict-related migration and individual socioeconomic inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013167913
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Polygyny, Inequality, and Social Unrest
Krieger, Tim; Renner, Laura - 2021
are related to different dimensions of grievance-inducing and, partly, greed-related inequality, which may occur in … polygynous societies. These dimensions include (i) economic, reproductive and social inequality resulting in relative deprivation … among non-elite men; (ii) inequality within elites when it comes to the distribution of resources and inheritance, both …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012623081
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Negative returns: U.S. military policy and anti-american terrorism
Dimant, Eugen; Krieger, Tim; Meierrieks, Daniel - 2017
We investigate the effect of U.S. military aid and U.S. troop deployments on anti-American terrorism, using a sample of 106 countries between 1986 and 2011. We find that greater military commitment leads to more anti-American terrorism. We study the underlying mechanisms using a mediation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011760300
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Foreign aid in dangerous places: The donors and Mali's democracy
van de Walle, Nicolas - 2012
Mali long seemed a model, low-income democracy. Yet, in a few short weeks in early 2012, more than half of the territory came under the military control of an Islamist secessionist movement, and a military coup deposed the democratically-elected government in the capital. Given the substantial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319848
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Growing into and out of social conflict
Harms, Philipp; Zink, Stefan - 2002
We present a model of growth and distributional conflict that implies a non-monotonic relationship between average wealth and the likelihood of radical redistribution: while the net benefits of redistribution for members of the poor class are small at low stages of development, a shift towards...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011397749