War and Stature: Growing Up During the Nigerian Civil War
Richard Akresh, Marinella Leone, Sonia Bhalotra Una Osili
The Nigerian civil war of 1967-70 was precipitated by secession of the Igbo- dominated south-eastern region to create the state of Biafra. It was the […]
Seeds of Distrust: Conflict in Uganda
Dominic Rohner, Mathias Thoenig Fabrizio Zilibotti
We study the effect of civil conflict on social capital, focusing on the experience of Uganda during the last decade. Using individual and county-level data, […]
From Vice to Virtue? Civil War and Social Capital in Uganda
Giacomo de Luca, Marijke Verpoorten,
We show that armed conflict affects social capital as measured by trust and associational membership. Using the case of Uganda and two rounds of nationally […]
Learning How (Not) to Fire a Gun: Combatant Training and Civilian Victimization
Ben Oppenheim, Juan F. Vargas, Michael Weintraub,
What is the relationship between the type of training combatants receive upon recruitment into an armed group and their propensity to abuse civilians in civil […]
The Cost of Fear: The Welfare Effects of the Risk of Violence in Northern Uganda
The micro-conflict literature focuses almost exclusively on direct exposure to violence and post-conflict outcomes. By focusing only on directly exposed households, the literature ignores the […]
International Conventions and Non-State Actors: Selection, Signaling, and Reputation Effects
Kristian Skrede Gleditsch, Simon Hug Livia Isabella Schubiger Julian Wucherpfennig
Non-state actors (NSAs) play an important role in violent conflicts, but unlike state actors they cannot (be forced to) sign international conventions tying their hands. […]
Organizational Weapons: Explaining Cohesion in the Military
Cohesion is defined as the creation and maintenance of cooperative effort towardsthe attainment of the organization’s goals. This paper argues that existing theories of cohesion in […]
Labour Market, Education and Armed Conflict in Tajikistan
Shortly following its independence in 1991, Tajikistan suffered a violent civil war. This study explores the effect of this conflict on education and labour market […]
Between 1996 and 2006, Nepal experienced violent civil conflict as a consequence of a Maoist insurgency, which many argue also brought about an increase in […]
War and Women’s Work: Evidence from the Conflict in Nepal
This paper examines how Nepal’s 1996-2006 civil conflict affected women’sdecisions to engage in employment. Using three waves of Nepal Demographic and Health Survey, we employ a […]
Adjusting the Labour Supply to Mitigate Violent Shocks: Evidence from Rural Colombia
Ana María Ibáñez, Manuel Fernández Ximena Peña
This paper studies the use of labour markets to mitigate the impact of violent shocks on households in rural areas in Colombia. We examine changes […]
The Effects of Conflict on Fertility in Rwanda
The aim of this paper is to study the short and long-term fertility effects of mass violent conflict on different population sub-groups. The authors pool […]
Schooling, Violent Conflict and Gender in Burundi
Philip Verwimp, Jan Van Bavel
We investigate the effect of exposure to violent conflict on human capital accumulation in Burundi. We combine a nationwide household survey with secondary sources on […]
Short- and Long-Term Impact of Violence on Education: The Case of Timor Leste
Patricia Justino, Marinella Leone, Paola Salardi,
This paper analyzes the impact of the wave of violence that occurred in Timor Leste in 1999 on education outcomes. We examine the short-term impact […]
Violent Conflict and Human Capital Accumulation
This paper reviews and discusses available empirical research on the impact of violent conflict on the level and access to education of civilian and combatant […]
Carlos Bozzoli, Tilman Brück, Tony Muhumuza,
We study the effect of living in an internally displaced people’s (IDP) camp oneconomic activity choices in post war northern Uganda. As the decision to […]
Malnutrition, Subsequent Risk of Mortality and Civil War in Burundi
The paper investigates the effect of child malnutrition on the risk of mortality in Burundi, a very poor country heavily affected by civil war. We […]
Electing Displacement: Political Cleansing in Apartadó, Colombia
This article highlights a nefarious effect of elections during civil wars by demonstrating that they can facilitate the displacement of civilians. This occurs through two […]
War Signals: A Theory of Trade, Trust and Conflict
Dominic Rohner, Mathias Thoenig Fabrizio Zilibottix
We construct a dynamic theory of civil conflict hinging on inter-ethnic trust and trade. The model economy is inhabited by two ethnic groups. Inter-ethnic trade […]
The 1990-1992 Massacres in Rwanda: A Case of Spatial and Social Engineering?
Until now, two main sets of arguments have dominated the debate on the nature of the massacres that were perpetrated in Rwanda before the 1994 […]