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Fourth Annual Workshop

Organised with the Program on Order, Conflict and Violence


Friday 5 December 2008

08:30

Arrival and breakfast

 

 

09:00

Introduction: Concepts and Frameworks

 

Stathis Kalyvas (Yale University), Philip Verwimp (University of Antwerp), Tilman Brück (DIW Berlin)

09:45

First Session: The Geography of War Impact

 

Chair: Patricia Justino (Institute of Development Studies)

 

 

 

Discussant: Luis de la Calle (OCV Fellow, European University Institute)

 

Winners and Losers Among a Refugee-Hosting Population

 

Jean-Francois Maystadt (Université Catholique de Louvain)

 

The Geography of War: Navigating through the Governable Spaces of Violence

 

Benedikt Korf (University of Zurich)

11:00

Coffee break

 

 

11:30

Keynote Address: National Cultures and Soccer Violence

 

Sebastian Saiegh (University of California San Diego)

12:30

Lunch

 

 

14:00

Second Session: Rebel Recruitment and Civilian Targetting

 

Chair: Stathis Kalyvas (Yale University)

 

 

 

Discussant: Alexandra Hartman (Yale University)

 

Rebel Recruitment, Taxation and Violence in Civil War

 

Eleonora Nillesen (DIW Berlin)

 

Behind the Lines: Explaining Direct Violence against Civilians in Conventional Civil Wars

 

Laia Balcells (Yale University)

 

Military Empowerment and Civilian Targeting in Civil War

 

Juan F. Vargas (Universidad del Rosario)

 

The Industrial Organization of Rebellion: The Logic of Forced Labour and Child Soldiering

 

Chris Blattman (Yale University)

16:00

Coffee break

 

 

16:30

Third Session: Migration and the Labour Market

 

Chair: Tilman Brück (DIW Berlin)

 

 

 

Discussant: Ana Arjona (Yale University)

 

Migrant Remittances and Household Labor Supply in the Post-Conflict Tajikistan

 

Olga Shemyakina (Georgia Institute of Technology)

 

Betting on Life and Livelihoods: The Role of Employment and Assets in the Decision to Migrate During Armed Conflict

 

Nathalie Williams (University of Michigan)

 

The Impact of Internal Migration on Local Labor Markets: Evidence from Internally Displaced Populations in Colombia

 

Valentina Calderón-Mejía (University of Chicago)

 

Displacement and Targeting in Civil Wars

 

Abbey Steele (Yale University)

18:30

End of academic activities for the first day

 

 

20:00

Workshop dinner in New Haven

 

 



Saturday 6 December 2008

08:45

Arrival and breakfast

 

 

09:15

Fourth Session: The Long Run Effects of War

 

Chair: Adria Lawrence (Yale University)

 

 

 

Discussant: Yuhki Tajima (OCV Fellow, Harvard University)

 

Time Allocation, Gender and Norms: Evidence from Post-genocide Rwanda

 

Kati Schindler (DIW Berlin)

 

Poverty in Post-genocide Rwanda: Do Female-headed Households Belong to the Poorest of the Poor?

 

Marian Koster (Wageningen University)

 

The Effects of the War in Iraq on Nutrition and Health. An Analysis Using Anthropometric Outcomes of Children

 

Gabriela Guerrero Serdán (Royal Holloway College, University of London)

 

The Long-Run Effects of Warfare and Destruction on Children: Evidence from World War II

 

Mevlude Akbulut-Yuksel (University of Houston)

11:15

Coffee break

 

 

11:45

Keynote Address: Households and Violence

 

Roger Petersen (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

12:45

Lunch

 

 

14:15

Fifth Session: Winning the Post-war Peace

 

Chair: Elisabeth J. Wood (Yale University)

 

 

 

Discussant: Regina Bateson (Yale University)

 

The Struggle for Palestinians Hearts and Minds: Violence and Public Opinion in the Second Intifada

 

Esteban Klor (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

 

On War and Schooling Attainment: The Case of Bosnia and Herzegovina

 

Eik Leong Swee (University of Toronto)

 

Achieving Post-War Peace: The Internal Politics of Colombia’s Demilitarizing Paramilitary Groups (abstract only)

 

Sarah Zukerman (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

 

Micro-level Effects of Trauma

 

Steve Shewfelt (Yale University)

16:15

Summary of the Workshop

 

 

16:45

End of Workshop and Departure

 

 

 

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