In their survey of the literature on ethnic fractionalization and economic performance, Alesina and La Ferrara (JEL … fractionalization on economic growth using unique time-varying measures across countries, for 26 transition economies from 1989 to 2007 … different estimators, specifications, and fractionalization measures. …

expenditure of developing countries. On the contrary, size of the economy and linguistic fractionalization is found to have …

pre and post labor market polarization in general equilibrium. When human capital is occupation-specific and wages in the …

This paper investigates the impact of land inequality on conflict intensity. A fundamental distinction with the … only influences the intensity of the fight against a rebel group constituted by landless individuals. We show that conflict …

The presence of conflict affects people's economic incentives. Some sectors of activity flourish, while others suffer …. For understanding structural problems in developing countries and designing appropriate post-conflict reconstruction … policies, it is essential to understand in what ways conflict affects the structure of the economy. We develop a simple model …

in CCT (treated) in conflict affected regions benefit more (or less) than their counterparts in peaceful areas. To test … this, we combine longitudinal CCT data from Colombia with a conflict event dataset. This allows us to use standard … different groups and indicators of violence. We find that the CCT program had an extra benefit in conflict areas concerning …