War, conflict, and food insecurity

O Shemyakina - Annual Review of Resource Economics, 2022 - annualreviews.org
This article reviews the literature at the intersection of war, armed conflict, and food security,
focusing on intergroup violent conflicts such as interstate conflict, civil war, insurgencies …

[HTML][HTML] Son preference and health disparities in developing countries

K Le, M Nguyen - SSM-Population Health, 2022 - Elsevier
Recorded history demonstrates the preference for sons in every aspect of life. Today,
despite being considered a powerful manifestation of gender inequality and discrimination …

Climate change, conflict, and children

R Akresh - The future of children, 2016 - JSTOR
We have good reason to predict that a warming climate will produce more conflict and
violence. A growing contingent of researchers has been examining the relationship in recent …

Conflict and child malnutrition: a systematic review of the emerging quantitative literature

M Sassi, H Thakare - Current Nutrition Reports, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Reduction of child malnutrition in conflict settings is on top of the
international agenda on sustainable development. This association between child …

The effects of political protests on youth human capital and well-being in Egypt

J Liu, S Modrek, M Sieverding - Social Science & Medicine, 2019 - Elsevier
Protests are one of the most common expressions of modern political conflict, and the wave
of demonstrations that marked the onset of the Arab Spring contributed to a global increase …

[HTML][HTML] Optimal targeting under budget constraints in a humanitarian context

P Verme, C Gigliarano - World development, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The paper uses Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curves and related
indexes to determine the optimal targeting strategy of a food voucher program for refugees …

Conflicts and son preference: Micro-level evidence from 58 countries

S Goli, A Mavisakalyan, A Rammohan, L Vu - Economics & Human Biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Research on the association between armed conflict and son preference has largely been
based on single-country studies, often presenting descriptive patterns. This paper …

[HTML][HTML] Changing the mindsets? Education and the intergenerational spread of tolerance for physical violence against women in Zimbabwe

M Makate, C Nyamuranga - Economics & Human Biology, 2024 - Elsevier
We investigate the relationship between childhood exposure to interparental violence and
adult tolerance for violent beliefs against women. For individuals who have witnessed …

[HTML][HTML] The intergenerational impact of electoral violence on height and human capital

R Gutiérrez-Romero - Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper examines whether prenatal, childhood, and teenage exposure to electoral
violence has any long-term effects on height and human capital in Kenya. First, using the …

In the wake of conflict: the long-term effect on child nutrition in Uganda

H Kim - Oxford Development Studies, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) insurgency from 1986 to 2006 is one of the
longest conflicts in Uganda. This paper examines the effect of the LRA insurgency on child …