The Human Capital Consequences of Civil War: Evidence from Guatemala
We combine data from the 2002 National Population Census and the distribution of the number of victims and human rights violations across 22 departments to […]
Rebel Recruitment in a Coffee Exporting Economy
Eleonora Nillesen, Philip Verwimp,
Grievance and reduced opportunity costs are two popular ideas within the civil war literature to explain participation in violent rebellion. We test both hypotheses at […]
On War and Schooling Attainment: The Case of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The subject of civil war has received significant attention in recent years, due to numerous episodes of intrastate armed conflict around the world. However, more […]
Military Empowerment and Civilian Targeting in Civil War
Civilians constitute a large share of casualties in civil wars across the world. They are targeted to create fear and punish allegiance with the enemy. […]
The war in Iraq initiated in March 2003 triggered a wave of violence and turmoil in the country, exposing households to insecurity and to instability […]
Damien de Walque, Philip Verwimp,
There is an extensive literature on violent conflicts such as the 1994 Rwandan genocide, but few papers examine the profiles of victims and perpetrators, or […]
The War on Illegal Drug Production and Trafficking: An Economic Evaluation of Plan Colombia
This paper provides a thorough economic evaluation of the anti-drug policies implemented in Colombia between 2000 and 2006 under the so-called Plan Colombia. The paper […]
The Struggle for Palestinian Hearts and Minds: Violence and Public Opinion in the Second Intifada
Sami Miaari, David A. Jaeger Esteban F. Klor M. Daniele Paserman
This paper examines how violence in the Second Intifada influences Palestinian public opinion. Using public opinion poll micro data linked to data on fatalities, we […]
Rivalry and Revenge: Making Sense of Violence against Civilians in Conventional Civil Wars
Recent research on violence against civilians during wars has emphasized war- related factors over political ones. For example, factors such as control of territory or […]
Votes and Violence: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Nigeria
Following the wave of democratization during the 1990s, elections are now common in low-income societies. However, these elections are frequently flawed. We investigate the Nigerian […]
Unbundling Institutions at the Micro Level: Conflict, Institutions and Income in Burundi
Maarten Voors, Erwin H. Bulte
We use a new dataset from Burundi to analyze the role of local institutions as determinants of income, distinguishing between three distinct dimensions of the […]
Consumption Growth, Household Splits and Civil War
Philip Verwimp, Tom Bundervoet,
We analyse the effect of civil war on household welfare. Using Burundian panel data for the 1998-2007 period in which we re-interviewed original as well […]
Armed Conflict and Schooling: Evidence from the 1994 Rwandan Genocide
Richard Akresh, Damien de Walque,
To examine the impact of Rwanda’s 1994 genocide on children’s schooling, the authors combine two cross-sectional household surveys collected before and after the genocide. The […]
Poverty and Violent Conflict: A Micro-Level Perspective on the Causes and Duration of Warfare
This paper argues that endogenous mechanisms linking processes of violent conflict and household poverty provide valuable micro foundations to the ongoing debate on the causes […]
Conflict displacement and labor market outcomes in post-war Bosnia & Herzegovina
The 1992/95 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) drove about 1.3 Million people into displacement (UNHCR). This study uses a longitudinal data source to document […]
Does Indiscriminate Violence Incite Insurgent Attacks? Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Does a state’s use of indiscriminate violence incite insurgent attacks? Nearly all existing theories and empirical studies conclude that such actions only fuel insurgencies by […]
Explaining the Violence Pattern of the Algerian Civil
I draw a geographically and temporally disaggregated model of the location and course of the Algerian civil war, using new battle event and location data […]
From Violence to Voting: War and political participation in Uganda
What is the political legacy of violent conflict? This paper presents evidence for a link between war, violence and increased individual political participation and leadership […]
Does inequality make us rebel? A revisited theoretical model applied to South Mexico
Since Collier and Hoeffler (1998, 2004), it has been supported that inequality, measured at national level, does not affect the risk of conflict. Such a […]
Reputation, Group Structure and Social Tensions
Social tensions impede social cohesion and public goods provision. They can also be a driving force for more serious conflicts such as civil wars. Surprisingly, […]