Wolfgang Stojetz

The COVID-19 pandemic and food security: Micro-level evidence from Uganda, Tanzania, Sierra Leone and Mozambique

Damir Esenaliev, Ghassan Baliki, Mekdim D. Regassa, Milena Tzvetkova, Monika Schreiner, Tilman Brück, Wolfgang Stojetz

The COVID-19 pandemic caused extensive food insecurity in low-income countries. However, most studies rely on aggregate-level exposure measures, overlooking individual-level heterogeneity and introducing measurement errors […]

The COVID-19 pandemic and intra-household tensions in Africa

Anke Hoeffler, Mekdim D. Regassa, Tilman Brück, Wolfgang Stojetz

This study examines the impact of countermeasures, such as stay-at-home orders and school closures, on stress within households during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a phone […]

Carrying the Past with you Across the Border: Long-term Effects of Conflict and Environmental Stress Exposure in Syria on the Social Well-being of Refugees in Jordan

Francisca Castro, Hadi Jaafar, Tilman Brück, Wolfgang Stojetz

When refugees flee abroad, they carry the legacy of their traumatic experiences across borders. While there are over 43 million refugees worldwide, the long-term effects […]

Polycrisis in Agrifood Systems: Climate-Conflict Interactions and Labor Dynamics for Women and Youth in 21 African Countries

Carlo Azzarri, Erdgin Mane, Tilman Brück, Wolfgang Stojetz

This paper provides evidence on the impacts of armed conflict and climate change on individual labor intensity. Based on pooled labor force survey, climate, and […]

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

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

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. […]

Shocking social safety: Evidence from violence and drought in North-east Nigeria

Jeanne Pinay, Marco d'Errico, Piero Ronzani, Tilman Brück, Wolfgang Stojetz

Polycrises created by violent conflict and climate change are ubiquitous. Yet, the impacts of conflict and climatic shocks on human behavior and welfare have largely […]

Building Resilience in Conflict Areas: Quasi-experimental Evidence from Borno State in North-east Nigeria

Jeanne Pinay, Marco d'Errico, Piero Ronzani, Tilman Brück, Wolfgang Stojetz

This paper provides novel evidence on the impacts of agricultural support programs in acute emergency settings, by studying resilience in mostly rural areas in the […]

Prevalence of Depression and Associated Socio-economic Outcomes during Violent Conflict: A Matched Analysis for Palestine Using Nationally Representative Survey and Conflict Event Data

Alia Aghajanian, Arden Finn, Diego Zardetto, Jessica M. Anderson, Maen Salhab, Maria Boettche, Nadine Stammel, Piero Ronzani, Sarah Fenzl, Tilman Brück, Wolfgang Stojetz

Mental health risks are high in conflict settings, but mental health research mostly focuses on non-conflict settings. Survey data from active conflict settings often suffer […]

Armed conflict and gendered participation in agrifood systems: Survey evidence from 29 African countries

Carlo Azzarri, Erdgin Mane, Gianluigi Nico, Piero Ronzani, Tilman Brück, Wolfgang Stojetz

This paper provides empirical microlevel evidence on the gendered impacts of armed conflict on economic activity in agriculture and other sectors, combining large-N sex-disaggregated survey […]

Exposure to collective gender-based violence causes intimate partner violence

Tilman Brück, Wolfgang Stojetz

Globally, one in three women experience intimate partner violence (IPV) over their lifetimes. Yet, the factors that cause men to commit IPV remain poorly understood. […]

Coping with Compounding Challenges in Conflict Crises: Evidence from North-east Nigeria

Tilman Brück, Wolfgang Stojetz

This paper analyzes how the intersectionality of gender, forced displacement, and collective violence shapes coping behaviors in conflict crises, paying particular attention to household composition […]

The Double Burden of Female Protracted Displacement: Survey Evidence on Gendered Livelihoods in El Fasher, Darfur

Tilman Brück, Wolfgang Stojetz

During protracted displacement, women and girls often face serious gender-specific challenges and vulnerabilities, including adverse norms and institutional barriers. Yet, quantitative evidence on gendered drivers […]

Can Jobs Programs Build Peace?

Neil Ferguson, Tilman Brück, Valeria Izzi, Wolfgang Stojetz

In the last decade, well over $10bn has been spent on interventions that aim to build peace and social stability through employment. Despite this degree […]

On the Legacies of Wartime Governance

Patricia Justino, Wolfgang Stojetz

In conflict zones around the world, both state and non-state actors deliver governance at local levels. This paper explores the long-term impact of individual exposure […]