Social Structure and Conflict: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
We test the long-standing hypothesis that ethnic groups that are organized around `segmentary lineages’ are more prone to conflict and civil war. Ethnographic accounts suggest […]
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 […]
Violence, Psychological Stress and Educational Performance during the “War on Drugs” in Mexico
Maren Michaelsen, Paola Salardi,
We provide evidence that violence in Mexico related to the “war on drugs” from 2006-2011 had a significant negative impact on educational performance that is […]
Legislating during war: Conflict and politics in Colombia
This paper studies how legislators and their constituents respond to political violence using data from Twitter and roll-call votes, and employing both event study and […]
Micro-Foundations of Fragility: Concepts, Measurement and Application
Ghassan Baliki, Tilman Brück, Neil Ferguson, Sindu W. Kebede
We explore the micro-foundations of fragility by discussing how to measure the exposure to fragility at the individual level. We focus on two notions that […]
Governance Interventions in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Countries
This paper examines the effect of conflict on agricultural production of small farmers. First, an inter-temporal model of agricultural production is developed in which the […]
War and Social Attitudes: Revisiting Consensus Views
Travers Barclay Child, Elena Nikolova
We study the long-run effects of conflict on social attitudes, with World War II in Central and Eastern Europe as our setting. Much of earlier […]
Food Security, Peacebuilding and Gender Equality: Conceptual Framework and Future Directions
The main objective of this study is to generate knowledge and evidence-based, meaningful, and actionable recommendations to governments and other stakeholders, particularly international organizations and […]
Welfare Spending and Political Conflict
Patricia Justino, Bruno Martorano
We study an age-old question in political economy: does government spending on welfare ensure peace? This question was at the heart of the European Welfare […]
Domestic Violence and Childhood Exposure to Armed Conflict: Attitudes and Experiences
Giulia La Mattina, Olga Shemyakina,
We examine the effect of exposure to armed conflict in childhood and youth on women and men’s attitudes toward domestic violence in Sub-Saharan Africa. More […]
First and Second Generation Impacts of the Biafran War
Richard Akresh, Marinella Leone, Sonia Bhalotra Una Osili
We analyze long-term impacts of the 1967-1970 Nigerian Civil War, providing the first evidence of intergenerational impacts. Women exposed to the war in their growing […]
Hunger Games: Food Security and Strategic Preemptive Conflict
A growing number of studies draw linkages between violent conflict and food scarcities. Yet, evidence suggests that at the subnational level conflict is likely to […]
Food, Drought and Conflict Evidence from a Case Study on Somalia
This paper aims at disentangling the mutual link between conflict, drought and food security in Somalia. The analysis is conducted using various indicators for food […]
Cemal Eren Arbatli, Gunes Gokmen
We study the long-term economic legacy of highly-skilled minorities a century after their wholesale expulsion. Using mass expulsions of Armenian and Greek communities of the […]
Security, Trade, and Political Violence
Michele Di Maio, Francesco Amodio Leonardo Baccini
To address security concerns, governments often implement trade barriers and restrictions on the movement of goods and people. These restrictions have negative economic consequences, possibly […]
The Reach of Radio: Ending Civil Conflict through Rebel Demobilization
Joseph Flavian Gomes, Alex Armand Paul Atwell
This paper examines the role of FM radio in mitigating and ending violent conflict. We collect original data on radio broadcasts encouraging defections during the […]
Conflict in Ethiopia: The Impact of Precipitation and Its Transmission Mechanism
In this paper we examine the impact of precipitation variations on the probability of conflict in Ethiopia using subnational data at 0.5×0.5 decimal degrees resolution […]
Childhood aspirations, occupational outcomes and exposure to violence: Evidence from Burundi
Philip Verwimp, Lionel Jeusette
Recent evidence points at the importance of childhood aspirations for our understanding of poverty and development. But how are these affected by the exposure to […]
Migration, Forced Displacement and Fertility during Civil War: A Survival Analysis
Philip Verwimp, Davide Osti Gudrun Østby
The civil war in Burundi (1993-2005) caused a mass flow of refugees into neighboring countries as well as a large number of internally dis- placed […]
Ana María Ibáñez, María Alejandra Arias Andrés Zambrano
This paper examines the effect of conflict on agricultural production of small farmers. First, an inter-temporal model of agricultural production is developed in which the […]