IZA Discussion Papers

published as 'Post-Cold War civil conflict and the role of history and religion: A stochastic search variable selection approach' in: Economic Modelling, 2022, 114, 105907

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13511

Explaining Post-Cold-War Civil Conflict among 17 Billion Models: The Importance of History and Religion

Michael Jetter, Rafat Mahmood, Christopher F. Parmeter, Andres Ramirez Hassan

published as 'Post-Cold War civil conflict and the role of history and religion: A stochastic search variable selection approach' in: Economic Modelling, 2022, 114, 105907

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13507

Caught between Cultures: Unintended Consequences of Improving Opportunity for Immigrant Girls

Gordon B. Dahl, Christina Felfe, Paul Frijters, Helmut Rainer

published in: Review of Economic Studies, 2022, 89 (5), 2491 - 2528

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13394

Conflict, Rockets, and Birth Outcomes: Evidence from Israel's Operation Protective Edge

Shirlee Lichtman-Sadot, Neta Benshalom-Tirosh, Eyal Sheiner

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13250

COVID-19 Crisis Fuels Hostility against Foreigners

Vojtech Bartos, Michal Bauer, Jana Cahlíková, Julie Chytilová

revised version published as 'Covid-19 crisis and hostility against foreigners' in: European Economic Review, 2021, 137, 103818

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13069

The Heterogeneous Effects of Conflict on Education: A Spatial Analysis in Sub-Saharan Africa

Kerstin Unfried, Krisztina Kis-Katos

published in: Journal of Peace Research, 2023, 60 (6), 968-984.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12955

The Relationship between Female Labor Force Participation and Violent Conflicts in South Asia

Raymond Robertson, Gladys Lopez-Acevedo, Matias Morales

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12911

Habemus Papam? Polarization and Conflict in the Papal States

Francisco J. Pino, Jordi Vidal-Robert

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12623

Climate Change, Inequality, and Human Migration

Michal Burzynski, Christoph Deuster, Frédéric Docquier, Jaime de Melo

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12570

Violent Conflict Exposure in Nigeria and Economic Welfare

John Chiwuzulum Odozi, Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12209

The Effect of Parental Job Loss on Child School Dropout: Evidence from the Occupied Palestinian Territories

Michele Di Maio, Roberto Nistico

published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2019, 141, 102375

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11944

Anti-Social Behavior in Groups

Michal Bauer, Jana Cahlíková, Dagmara Celik Katreniak, Julie Chytilová, Lubomir Cingl, Tomáš Želinský

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11834

Determinants and Dynamics of Forced Migration to Europe: Evidence from a 3-D Model of Flows and Stocks

Tilman Brück, Kai M. Dunker, Neil T.N. Ferguson, Aline Meysonnat, Eleonora Nillesen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11803

Leader Identity and Coordination

Sonia R. Bhalotra, Irma Clots-Figueras, Lakshmi Iyer, Joseph Vecci

published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2023, 105 (1), 175–189.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11690

Violent Conflict and the Child Quantity-Quality Tradeoff

Apsara Karki Nepal, Martin Halla, Steven Stillman

forthcoming in: Journal of Demographic Economics

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11487

Diversity and Conflict

Cemal Eren Arbatli, Quamrul Ashraf, Oded Galor, Marc Klemp

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11301

Job Market Outcomes of IDPs: The Case of Georgia

Karine Torosyan, Norberto Pignatti, Maksym Obrizan

published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2018, 46 (3), 800-820

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11273

How Does Terrorism Affect Individuals' Wellbeing?

Alex Bryson, George MacKerron

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11215

Beyond Conflict: Long-Term Labour Market Integration of Internally Displaced Persons in Post-Socialist Countries

Artjoms Ivlevs, Michail Veliziotis

published in: Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2018, 105, 131-146

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11189

The Long-Run Effects of Agricultural Productivity on Conflict, 1400-1900

Murat Iyigun, Nathan Nunn, Nancy Qian

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10998

Decolonization, Property Rights and Language Conflicts

Indraneel Dasgupta, Ranajoy Guha Neogi

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10994

Cohort at Risk: Long-Term Consequences of Conflict for Child School Achievement

Hendrik Jürges, Luca Stella, Sameh Hallaq, Alexandra Schwarz

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2022, 35, 1-43

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10938

First and Second Generation Impacts of the Biafran War

Richard Akresh, Sonia R. Bhalotra, Marinella Leone, Una O. Osili

published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2023, 58 (2), 488 - 531

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10937

Violent Conflict and Breastfeeding: The Case of Iraq

Vidya Diwakar, Michael Malcolm, George S Naufal

published in: Conflict and Health, 2019, 13, 61(2019)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10881

Between-Group Contests over Group-Specific Public Goods with Within-Group Fragmentation

Indraneel Dasgupta, Ranajoy Guha Neogi

published in: Public Choice, 2018, 174 (3-4), 315-334.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10806

The Labor Market Effects of Refugee Waves: Reconciling Conflicting Results

Michael A. Clemens, Jennifer Hunt

published in: ILR Review, 2019, 72 (4), 818-857

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10716

Do Women in Highly Qualified Positions Face Higher Work-to-Family Conflicts in Germany Than Men?

Anne Busch-Heizmann, Elke Holst

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10599

Discrimination as Favoritism: The Private Benefits and Social Costs of In-group Favoritism in an Experimental Labor Market

David L. Dickinson, David Masclet, Emmanuel Peterle

revised version published in: European Economic Review, 2018, 108, 220-236

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10417

Minority Salience and Political Extremism

Tommaso Colussi, Ingo E. Isphording, Nico Pestel

revised version published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2021, 13 (3), 237-271

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10390

Economics of Civil Conflict: Evidence from the Punjab Insurgency

Prakarsh Singh

published in: Journal of Punjab Studies, 2015, 22 (2), 231 - 248

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10330

Detailed Geographic Information, Conflict Exposure, and Health Impacts

Richard Akresh, German Daniel Caruso, Harsha Thirumurthy

published in: World Development, 2022, 155, 105890

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10274

Diasporas and Conflict

Fabio Mariani, Marion Mercier, Thierry Verdier

published in: Journal of Economic Geography, 2018, 18(4), 761 -793

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10093

"Face the Bullet, Spare the Rod?" Evidence from the Aftermath of the Shining Path Insurgency

Alvaro Morales, Prakarsh Singh

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10092

Gender Bias in Education during Conflict: Evidence from Assam

Sutanuka Roy, Prakarsh Singh

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9997

Can War Foster Cooperation?

Michal Bauer, Christopher J. Blattman, Julie Chytilová, Joseph Henrich, Edward Miguel, Tamar Mitts

published in: Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2016, 30(3), 249-74

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9996

Peace, Terrorism, or Civil Conflict? Understanding the Decision of an Opposition Group

Michael Jetter

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9870

The Impact of Violence on Individual Risk Preferences: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Pamela Jakiela, Owen Ozier

published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2019, 101 (3), 547 - 599

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9825

The Market for Paid Sick Leave

Simen Markussen, Knut Røed

revised version published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2017, 55, 244-261

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9743

Business in Genocide: Understanding and Avoiding Complicity

Nora Stel, Wim Naudé

published in: Charles H. Anderton and Jurgen Brauer (eds.), Economic Aspects of Genocides, Other Mass Atrocities, and Their Preventions, Oxford University Press, 2016, 591–612

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9731

Identity Conflict with Cross-Border Spillovers

Dripto Bakshi, Indraneel Dasgupta

published in: Defence and Peace Economics, 2020, 31 (7), 786-809

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9384

Equality Concerns and the Limits of Self-Governance in Heterogeneous Populations

Lata Gangadharan, Nikos Nikiforakis, Marie Claire Villeval

revised version published as 'Equality concerns and the limits of self-governance in heterogeneous populations' in: European Economic Review, 2017, 100, 143-156

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9195

Historical Analysis of National Subjective Wellbeing Using Millions of Digitized Books

Thomas Hills, Eugenio Proto, Daniel Sgroi

extended version published in: Nature Human Behavior, 2019, 3 (12), 1271–1275

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9160

Guns and Butter? Fighting Violence with the Promise of Development

Gaurav Khanna, Laura V Zimmermann

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9159

A Model of Dynamic Conflict in Ethnocracies

Dripto Bakshi, Indraneel Dasgupta

published in: Defence and Peace Economics, 2018, 29 (2), 147-170

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8965

Climate Change, Agricultural Production and Civil Conflict: Evidence from the Philippines

Benjamin Crost, Claire Duquennois, Joseph Felter, Daniel I. Rees

published in: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2018, 88, 379-395

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8953

Communication and Coordination in a Two-Stage Game

Tjaša Bjedov, Thierry Madies, Marie Claire Villeval

revised version published in: Economic Inquiry, 2016, 54 (3), 1519–1540.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8755

What Methods May Be Used in Impact Evaluations of Humanitarian Assistance?

Jyotsna Puri, Anastasia Aladysheva, Vegard Iversen, Yashodhan Ghorpade, Tilman Brück

published as: 'Can Rigorous Impact Evaluations Improve Humanitarian Assistance?' in: Journal of Development Effectiveness, 2017, 9 (4), 519 - 542.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8543

Learning the Hard Way: The Effect of Violent Conflict on Student Academic Achievement

Tilman Brück, Michele Di Maio, Sami H. Miaari

published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2019, 17 (5), 1502 - 1037

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8287

The Effect of Conflict History on Cooperation Within and Between Groups: Evidence from a Laboratory Experiment

Gonne Beekman, Stephen L. Cheung, Ian Levely

revised version published in: Journal of Economic Psychology, 2017, 63, 168-183

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8052

UN Interventions: The Role of Geography

Juan Carlos Duque, Michael Jetter, Santiago Sosa

revised version published in: Review of International Organizations, 2015, 10(1), 67-95

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7924

Assimilation, Criminality and Ethnic Conflict

Indraneel Dasgupta, Diganta Mukherjee

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7492

On the Escalation and De-Escalation of Conflict

Juan A. Lacomba, Francisco Miguel Lagos, Ernesto Reuben, Frans van Winden

published in: Games and Economic Behavior, 2014, 86, 40-57

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7489

The Legacy of Conflict: Regional Deprivation and School Performance in Northern Ireland

Neil T.N. Ferguson, Maren M. Michaelsen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7469

Election Fraud and Post-Election Conflict: Evidence from the Philippines

Benjamin Crost, Joseph Felter, Hani Mansour, Daniel I. Rees

published in the World Bank Economic Review, 2020, 34 (3), 767-789

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7012

Socio-Spatial Transformations, Suburbanisation, and Voting Behaviour in the Vilnius Urban Region

Rūta Ubarevičienė, Donatas Burneika, Maarten van Ham

published as: 'Ethno-political Effects of Suburbanization in the Vilnius Urban Region. An Analysis of Voting Behaviour' in: Journal of Baltic Studies, 2015, 46 (2), 217 - 242

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6827

A Discrete Choice Approach to Estimating Armed Conflicts' Casualties: Revisiting the Numbers of a 'Truth Commission'

Silvio Rendon

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6621

Conflict, Food Price Shocks, and Food Insecurity: The Experience of Afghan Households

Anna D'Souza, Dean Jolliffe

published in: Food Policy, 2013, 42, 32-47

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6519

Does Corporate Governance Reform Necessarily Boost Firm Performance? Recent Evidence from Russia

Mihails Kuznecovs, Sarmistha Pal

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6262

Are Drone Strikes Effective in Afghanistan and Pakistan? On the Dynamics of Violence between the United States and the Taliban