This article reviews the literature on civil war. We focus on the most recent period of
scholarly activity, beginning in the early 2000s when the publication of prominent …

We use a series of field experiments in rural Burundi to examine the impact of exposure to
conflict on social, risk, and time preferences. We find that conflict affects behavior …

This paper conducts the first analysis of the effect of armed conflict on progress in meeting
the United Nation's Millennium Development Goals. We also examine the effect of conflict on …

We combine data from the 2002 National Population Census and the distribution of the
number of human rights violations and victims across 22 departments to examine how …

This paper provides empirical evidence of the persistent effect of exposure to political
violence on human capital accumulation. I exploit the variation in conflict location and birth …

To examine the impact of Rwanda's 1994 genocide on children's schooling, the authors
combine two cross-sectional household surveys collected before and after the genocide …

Exposure to violence can shape people's political and social perceptions. War-time effects
on trust in state institutions are particularly relevant for political stability in the aftermath of …

Calculating the consequences of global public bads such as climate change or pandemics
helps uncover the scale, distribution and structure of their economic burdens. As violent …

Important gaps remain in the understanding of the economic consequences of civil war.
Focusing on the conflict in Rwanda in the early 1990s, and using micro data, this article finds …

I critically review recent studies that estimate those costs of violence and conflict that can
emerge among organized political groupings, such as states, religious and ethnic …