Medical innovations during the 1940s quickly resulted in significant health improvements
around the world. Countries with initially higher mortality from infectious diseases …

This article reviews the literature on the multifaceted consequences of historical conflict. We
revisit three key topics, which are especially relevant for the current Ukrainian context.(1) …

Abstract The War of the Triple Alliance (1864–1870) in South America killed up to 70% of the
Paraguayan male population. According to Paraguayan national lore, the skewed sex ratios …

Conflicts between ethnic groups can threaten group survival and exacerbate son preference
in conformity with the traditional role of men as group defenders. We study the impact of the …

Research on the association between armed conflict and son preference has largely been
based on single-country studies, often presenting descriptive patterns. This paper …

This paper proposes that ancestral use of irrigation reduces contemporary female labor
force participation and female property rights. We test this hypothesis using an exogenous …

We study the relationship between exposure to historical conflict involving heavy weaponry
and male-favoring gender norms. We argue that the physical nature of such conflict …

Recent evidence shows that highly skewed sex ratios at birth are observed not only in China
and India, but also for a number of countries in the Southeast Europe and South Caucasus-a …