The Nationwide Camp Closure Policy in Iraq and the Welfare of Displaced Populations
Dahab Aglan
After the end of their conflict with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Iraqi government initiated a policy to close all […]
A New Expanded Dataset to Study Refugee Camps inSub-Saharan Africa 1999–2024
Colette Salemi, Johannes Hoogeveen, Jonathan Rigberg, Karishma Silva, Sebastian Anti
One in five refugees live in camps or camp-like settings, and three-quarters of encamped refugees are in sub-Saharan Africa. No reliable public data has systematically […]
Guns and Gains: Effects of Exposure to Counterinsurgency Operations During School-Age Years
Bharti Nandwani, Punarjit Roychowdhury, Sourish Mustafi
This paper examines the effects of exposure to hard-security counterinsurgency operations during school-age years on human capital and labor market outcomes in India. We exploit […]
Halefom Yigzaw Nigus, Kibrom A. Abay, Martin Paul Jr. Tabe-Ojong
Amid a surge in armed conflicts in Africa, the impact of armed conflicts on social cohesion and potential avenues to rebuild social cohesion in conflict-affected […]
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 […]
Although considerable attention has been given to the growing realignment of many West African countries away from their former colonial ruler, France, and toward Russia—particularly […]
Assessing the impact of violent conflict on attitudes toward military rule in Nigeria
Violent conflict is often assumed to undermine democratic legitimacy and increase public support for authoritarian alternatives. Yet empirical evidence remains limited, particularly in the context […]
Agricultural shocks and long-term conflict risk: Evidence from desert locust swarms
Can transitory economic shocks affect long-term violent conflict risk? This paper studies this question using data on con ict events and desert locust swarm exposure […]
Religion and prejudice: Micro-level evidence from Africa
While scholarship on religious tolerance has grown, little is known about how (non)religious identity shapes prejudice in highly religious societies, particularly in the Global South. […]
Conflict exposure and healthcare perceptions: Micro-level evidence from Africa
Although considerable research has examined the impact of violent conflict on health outcomes in Africa—such as undernutrition, child mortality, and maternal mortality—a significant gap remains […]
Dorothee Weiffen, Ghassan Baliki, Jan Elfes, Tilman Brück
Households living in humanitarian settings face extreme vulnerability to adverse shocks. Cash transfers can reduce this vulnerability and enhance household welfare. However, the potential of […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Scar of Civil War: Exposure in (Early) Childhood and School Test Scores as a Teenager
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
Muhammad Saad Imtiaz, Theingie Han, Yashodhan Ghorpade
In recent years Myanmar has witnessed considerable economic and political instability, leading many young people, particularly the higher-skilled, to consider migrating abroad for improved prospects. […]
Muhammad Saad Imtiaz, Yashodhan Ghorpade
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
Alan Sanchez, Alessandra Hidalgo-Aréstegui, Catherine Porter, Saurabh Singhal
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, […]
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. […]