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Collective Shocks and Social Preferences: A Global, Subnational Analysis
Alexander Kustov, Ivan Flores Martinez, James Igoe Walsh
While some studies of conflicts, natural disasters, and economic setbacks find these negative collective shocks make people more prosocial, others find they reduce cooperation. These […]
The Nationwide Camp Closure Policy in Iraq and the Welfare of Displaced Populations
Dahab Aglan
After the end of their conflict with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Iraqi government initiated a policy to close all […]
A New Expanded Dataset to Study Refugee Camps in Sub-Saharan Africa 1999–2024
Colette Salemi, Johannes Hoogeveen, Jonathan Rigberg, Karishma Silva, Sebastian Anti
One in five refugees live in camps or camp-like settings, and three-quarters of encamped refugees are in sub-Saharan Africa. No reliable public data has systematically […]
Guns and Gains: Effects of Exposure to Counterinsurgency Operations During School-Age Years
Bharti Nandwani, Punarjit Roychowdhury, Sourish Mustafi
This paper examines the effects of exposure to hard-security counterinsurgency operations during school-age years on human capital and labor market outcomes in India. We exploit […]
Halefom Yigzaw Nigus, Kibrom A. Abay, Martin Paul Jr. Tabe-Ojong
Amid a surge in armed conflicts in Africa, the impact of armed conflicts on social cohesion and potential avenues to rebuild social cohesion in conflict-affected […]
Damir Esenaliev, Ghassan Baliki, Mekdim D. Regassa, Milena Tzvetkova, Monika Schreiner, Tilman Brück, Wolfgang Stojetz
The COVID-19 pandemic caused extensive food insecurity in low-income countries. However, most studies rely on aggregate-level exposure measures, overlooking individual-level heterogeneity and introducing measurement errors […]
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