Households in Conflict Network

The Scar of Civil War: Exposure in (Early) Childhood and School Test Scores as a Teenager

Philip Verwimp, 

This paper investigates the effect of civil war exposure in (early) childhood on school test scores as a teenager. It uses test scores from the […]

High-Skilled Migration from Myanmar: Responses to Signals of Political and Economic Stabilization

Yashodhan Ghorpade,  Muhammad Saad Imtiaz and Theingie Han

Despite the rising incidence of poverty in Nigeria and the increasing frequency of anti-government protests driven by citizens’ inability to meet their basic food needs, […]

From Conflict to Compromise: Experimental Evidence on Occupational Downgrading in Migration from Myanmar

Yashodhan Ghorpade,  Muhammad Saad Imtiaz

We examine the relationship between violent conflict and the willingness of potential migrants to accept lower skilled work (occupational downgrading). We develop a theoretical model […]

Let the poor breathe! Poverty and anti-government protests in Nigeria 

Daniel Tuki,  Hussaini Kwari

Despite the rising incidence of poverty in Nigeria and the increasing frequency of anti-government protests driven by citizens’ inability to meet their basic food needs, […]

The Long Shadow of Conflict on Human Capital: Intergenerational Evidence from Peru

Saurabh Singhal,  Alessandra Hidalgo-Aréstegui, Catherine Porter, Alan Sanchez

This paper estimates the intergenerational impacts of mothers’ exposure to the 1980-2000 Peruvian civil conflict on their children’s socio-emotional skills development. We combine longitudinal data, […]

Work permits for refugees as social protection during polycrises: Evidence from refugees in Jordan during the COVID-19 pandemic

Wolfgang Stojetz,  Piero Ronzani,  Ghassan Baliki,  Tilman Brück,  Sarah Fenzl

This paper studies the social protection of refugees during a pandemic. A pandemic adds to the many existing challenges refugees face, creating a dangerous polycrisis. […]