Is there a religious dimension to concern about farmer-herder conflicts in Nigeria?
Although many studies have been conducted on the conflicts between Fulani nomadic herders and sedentary farmers over land and water resources in Nigeria, very few […]
Exposure to collective gender-based violence causes intimate partner violence
Wolfgang Stojetz, Tilman Brück,
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
Wolfgang Stojetz, Tilman Brück,
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 […]
How to conduct impact evaluations in humanitarian and conflict settings
Aysegül Kayaoglu, Ghassan Baliki, Dorothee Weiffen, Tilman Brück, Melodie Al Daccache,
Methodological, ethical and practical challenges make it difficult to use experimental and rigorous quasi-experimental approaches to conduct impact evaluations in humanitarian emergencies and conflict settings […]
Aysegül Kayaoglu, Ghassan Baliki, Tilman Brück,
The number of vulnerable people in humanitarian emergencies worldwide is increasing due to the rising frequency and intensity of risk exposure. At the same time, […]
The Protective Role of Index Insurance in the Experience of Violent Conflict: Evidence from Ethiopia
Tekalign Sakketa, Dan Maggio, John McPeak
Droughts are among the leading causes of livestock mortality and conflict among pastoralist populations in East Africa. To foster climate resiliency in these populations, Index […]
State-Based Conflict and Entrepreneurship – Empirical Evidence
Wim A. Naudé, Tilman Brück, Ernesto Armorós
This paper investigates the relationship between state-based conflict and entrepreneurship. From a survey of the existing literature, we formulate two hypotheses: (1) state-based conflict has […]
Rebel Governance and Development: The Persistent Effects of Distrust in El Salvador
Lelys Dinarte Diaz, Sandra Rozo, Antonella Bandiera, Juan Miguel Jimenez, Miara Micaela Sviatschi
How does rebel governance affect long-term development? Rebel forces have controlled territory and imposed their own institutions in many countries over the past decades affecting […]
Cash and Conflict – Large-Scale Experimental Evidence from Niger
Dominic Rohner, Patrick Premand
Conflict undermines development, while poverty, in turn, breeds conflict. Policy interventions such as cash transfers could lower engagement in conflict by raising poor households’ welfare […]
Dorothee Weiffen, Ghassan Baliki, Tilman Brück,
Agricultural interventions are one of the key policy tools to strengthen the food security of households living in conflict settings. Yet, given the complex nature […]
How Peace Saves Lives: Evidence from Colombia
Mounu Prem, Juan F. Vargas, Sergio Perilla, and Miguel E. Purroy
The victimization of civilians and combatants during internal conflicts causes large socioeconomic costs. Unfortunately, it is not clear whether peace negotiations can significantly reduce this […]
Conflict Victimization and Civilian Obedience: Evidence from Colombia
In this study, I investigate how conflict victimization influences civilians’ likelihood of (dis)obeying armed actors, a behavioral tendency which I elicit through a lab-in-the field […]
Sending peace home?! The effect of political favoritism on conflict
Kerstin Unfried, Andreas Kammerlander
Bringing the model by Choi (2014) to a spatial context, we investigate and assess the link between political favoritism and internal conflict. In particular, we […]
(Dis)Trust in the Aftermath of Sexual Violence: Evidence from Sri Lanka
Alina Greiner, Maximilian Filsinger
Does exposure to sexual violence during conflict affect ethnic group trust post-war? Despite the prevalence of sexual violence, we know surprisingly little about its social […]
Hai-Anh Dang, Trong-Anh Trinh, & Paolo Verme
Hardly any evidence exists on the effects of mental illness on refugee labor outcomes. We offer the first study on this topic in the context […]
Hidden Costs of War: Evidence from Nepal’s Maoist Insurgency
This paper uses a unique longitudinal dataset to examine the costly behavioral changes adopted by agricultural households in response to the 1996–2006 Maoist insurgency in […]
Although the secessionist conflict in Nigeria’s Eastern Region has persisted for over two decades and become increasingly violent, no study has, to the best of […]
The incidence and intensity of violent conflict in Nigeria have been rising steadily since 2016. However, the states across the country are not equally affected. […]
This Is a Man’s World: Crime and Intra-Household Resource Allocation
Exposure to community violence is a pervasive development challenge. I study the effects of violent crime on intra-household resource allocation and bargaining power exploiting the […]
Conflict and Girl Child Marriage: Global Evidence
Caroline Krafft, Diana Jimena Arango, Amalia Hadas Rubin, and Jocelyn Kelly
Child marriage has lasting negative health, human capital, and welfare consequences. Conflictsettings are characterized by a number of complex changes that can potentially increase the […]