09:00

Registration

09:30

Welcome Speech

Tilman Brück (German Institute for Economic Research)

09:45

Presentation of the Global Costs of Conflict Project

Tilman Brück and Olaf J. de Groot (German Institute for Economic Research)

10:45

Coffee break

11:15

Session 1: Costs of Conflict

Chair: Patricia Justino (Institute of Development Studies)

Discussant: Carlos Bozzoli (German Institute for Economic Research)

Methods for Measuring the Costs of Conflict

Javier Gardeazabal (University of the Basque Country)

Human, Social and Economic Costs of Conflict

Scott Gates (Centre for the Study of Civil War, PRIO)

Consequences of Warfare in Civil Wars: An Empirical Evaluation

Laia Balcells [co-authored with Stathis Kalyvas] (Yale University)

13:00

Lunch

14:00

Session 2: Identification and Measurement

Chair: Philip Verwimp (University of Antwerp)

Discussant: Zahbia Yousuf (Kings College London)

The Costs of Failing States and the Limits to Sovereignty

Lisa Chauvet (Développement, Institutions et Analyses de Long Terme)

War and Poverty: Identifying the Channels

Patricia Justino (Institute of Development Studies)

Estimating Conflict Affected Population: Methodological and Data Issues

Debby Guha-Sapir (Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Diseases)

15:20

Coffee break

15:40

Session 3: Role of Ethnicity in Conflict

Chair: Tilman Brück (German Institute for Economic Research)

Discussant: Olaf J. de Groot (German Institute for Economic Research)

Ethnic Conflict and Job Separations

Sami Miaari (United Nations Development Programme)

Ethnic Diversity, Economic Performance and Civil Wars

Michele Valsecchi (University of Gothenburg)

16:40

Keynote Address: Globalization and Political Violence

Gerald Schneider (University of Konstanz)

17:30

Evaluation meeting with Supervisory Board

-18:30

19:30

Workshop Dinner

Dinner Speech: Scott Gates (Centre for the Study of Civil War, PRIO)

09:00

Session 4A: Trade and Integration

Chair: Olaf J. de Groot (German Institute for Economic Research)

Discussant: Isabel Teichmann (German Institute for Economic Research)

Forest Conflicts’ Influence on Local People’s Livelihoods: The Case of Conflicts Between Timber Companies and Farmers in the Mankranso District of Ghana

Cosmas Kombat Lambini (Humboldt University)

Trade and Thy Neighbour’s War

Mahvash Saeed Qureshi (International Monetary Fund)

Civil Conflicts and Regional Integration Outcomes in Africa

Adama Bah (Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches sur le Développement International)

Dropping Out of Coffee Under the Threat of Violence and the Presence of an Illicit Crop

Juan Carlos Munoz (University of the Andes) [co-authored with Ana María Ibáñez (University of the Andes) and Philip Verwimp (University of Antwerp)]

09:00

Session 4B: Education, Health and Welfare

Chair: Debby Guha-Sapir (Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters)

Discussant: Tony Muhumuza (German Institute for Economic Research)

Fetal and Child Health amidst Violent Civil Conflict

Christine Valente (University of Nottingham)

Conflict, Economic Shock and Child Labour in Palestine

Tushar Nandi (University of Siena)

Extended Household Welfare and Civil War: Evidence from Burundi

Philip Verwimp (University of Antwerp)

The Health Consequences of the Mozambican Civil War: An Anthropometric Approach

Patrick Domingues (University of Paris I, Panthéon Sorbonne)

10:45

Coffee break

11:10

Session 5: Conflict Theory

Chair: Gerald Schneider (University of Konstanz)

Discussant: Nina Wald (German Institute for Economic Research)

The 1992-95 War in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Census-Based Multiple System Estimation of Casualties’ Undercount

Ewa Tabeau (International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia)

When the Underdog does not Lead: Endogenous Prize and Leadership in Contests

Magnus Hoffman (University of Magdeburg)

12:30

Lunch

14:00

Session 6: Migration and Conflict

Chair: Lisa Chauvet (Développement, Institutions et Analyses de Long Terme)

Discussant: Alexandra Avdeenko (German Institute for Economic Research)

Social and Economic Costs of Armed Conflicts on Children: Evidence from Displaced Camps in Jammu and Kashmir, India

Falendra Kumar Sudan (University of Jammu)

The Consequences of Forced Displacement in Northern Uganda

Nathan Fiala (University of California, Irvine)

The Migration-Security Nexus - Challenges and Opportunities of African Migration to EU countries

Peter Croll (Bonn International Centre for Conversion)

Bringing Actors and Conflict into Forced Migration Literature: A Proposed Model of the Decision to Return

Inmaculada Serrano (Institute Juan March)

15:45

Closing Session, Evaluation

Tilman Brück (German Institute for Economic Research)

16:00

End of Workshop and Departure