A5081314050- Political Conflict and Governance
- Agricultural risk and resilience
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- Irish and British Studies
- Migration and Labor Dynamics
- Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
- Social Capital and Networks
- Health and Conflict Studies
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- International Development and Aid
- Income, Poverty, and Inequality
- Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
- Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies
- Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
- Culture, Economy, and Development Studies
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance
- HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Migration, Refugees, and Integration
- Disaster Management and Resilience
- Economic Sanctions and International Relations
International Security and Development Center
2013-2024
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
2018
German Institute for Economic Research
2012-2013
From the Introduction: The course of COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] epidemic in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) will be determined by actions that countries take coming weeks months It is clear taken to reduce size epidemic, delay, or flatten its peak, could lead substantial reductions deaths if doing so allows more patients with severe conditions benefit from supportive care hospital However, impact response it have far reaching consequences - including on other diseases,...
Income and hours worked are insufficient to measure job quality yet these domains dominate literature aimed at understanding its relationship with wellbeing. More so, considering in any manner has an overwhelming tendency look advanced economies, despite "decent work" being a key policy aim of many agencies organisations working emerging countries. This article tests the validity concept as determinant welfare developing world by generating four six-component indices using bespoke unique...
Abstract Definitions of fragility are focused at the level state, but this should not be considered to suggest that individuals with heterogeneous endowments experience a state in same way. Nor does it all subregions fragile country exist state. In turn, varies just national also between districts and individuals. To test idea, we develop exposure module, which was inserted into standard household survey. We consider three components fragility: human security, economic inclusion, social...
Abstract The integration of refugees into host countries’ formal labor markets is increasingly recommended as a durable solution to forced migration. Yet, this policy response contentious political topic with little empirical evidence, especially in low- and middle-income countries available support policy. This article examines the impacts integrating Syrian Jordan’s market. We use robust greedy one-to-one propensity score matching on comprehensive high-quality data from almost 75,000...
A recent strand of aid programming aims to develop household assets by removing the stresses associated with meeting basic nutritional needs. In this study, authors posit that such nutrition-sensitive programmes can reduce malnourishment encouraging further investment in diet. To test hypothesis, they analyse World Food Programme’s (WFP) Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation (PRRO), Niger, a conflict-affected, low-income country entrenched food insecurity. Under PRRO, falls into one three...
Violent conflict is a well-recognised driver of forced migration but literature does not usually consider the pull factors that might also cause irregular movements. In turn, decision to leave and where go are rarely considered separately. This in contrast on regular international migration, which considers both push factors. We contribute these literatures by studying bilateral from multiple countries origin 28 European years either side two "migration crises" – wars Balkans Arab Spring.We...
The COVID-19 pandemic is a global crisis affecting everyone. Yet, its challenges and countermeasures vary significantly over time space. Individual experiences of the are highly heterogeneous impacts span interlink multiple dimensions, such as health, economic, social political impacts. Therefore, there need to disaggregate "the pandemic": analysing experiences, behaviours at micro level from disciplinary perspectives. Such analyses require multi-topic pan-national survey data that collected...
Efforts to evaluate third-party peacebuilding interventions are welcome but many studies rely on experimental approaches that might be at odds with the theories underpin discipline. Rigorously evaluating ill-suited analyses is just as important, however, especially when programmes adopt novel approaches. In this article, we employ an instrumental variables approach one such intervention – EU Programme for Peace and Reconciliation (PEACE II). Following contemporary theories, PEACE II...
Abstract In the last decade, well over $10 billion has been spent on employment programs designed to contribute peace and stability. Despite outlay, whether these perform, how they do so, remain open questions. This study conducts three reviews derive status quo of knowledge. First, it draws academic literature microfoundations instability distill testable theories could affect stability at micro level. Second, analyses grey that directly evaluates impacts peace-related outcomes. Third, a...
Quantitative literature discussing violence in civil conflicts tends towards a typical model of engagement between governments and revolutionaries. Whilst recent work has shown the significant impact multiple anti-government groups, further feature remains understudied—the role pro-state militants. This article theorizes “violence premium” when such groups arise, which leads to all connected devoting greater energy conflict than they would isolation. Employing duration analysis data from The...
The relationship between deprivation and educational outcomes has been the subject of a long-running deep debate in economic literature. Recent discussions have focused on causality, with experimental quasi-experimental approaches taken, yet, predominantly, literature continues to proxy measures wealth. This paper explores much wider measure identifies causal regional school performance Northern Ireland. Combining panel data Key Stage II results from each Ireland's primary schools 2005...
The global spread of COVID-19 is one the largest threats to people and governments since Second World War. on-going pandemic its countermeasures have led varying physical, psychological, emotional experiences, shaping not just public health economy but also societies. We focus on pillar society—trust—and explore how trust correlates with individual experiences pandemic. analysis based a new survey—'Life Corona'—and uses simple correlational statistics. show that those who had contact sick...
We explore the micro-foundations of fragility by discussing how to measure exposure at individual level. focus on two notions that are not covered existing aggregate, state-centric indicators fragility. First, different individuals may experience very differently. Second, even though a country as whole be "fragile", exposed This differentiation suggests varies just national levels but also between districts and individuals. To test this idea, we propose "Fragility Exposure Index", which...
We examine an implicit theory of change in multiple strands development programming — that a desired outcome can be brought about by typologies aim to spur another area. In what we call "pseudo-meta-analysis" across five African countries, link the location employment programmes stability-related outcomes. While show some positive impacts, specifically on fear crime, these outcomes are far from universal. conclude there grounds for optimism but more case-studies required at programmatic level.
The relationship between deprivation and educational outcomes has been the subject of a long-running deep debate in economic literature. Recent discussions have focused on causality, with experimental quasi-experimental approaches taken, yet, predominantly, literature continues to proxy measures wealth. This paper explores much wider measure identifies causal regional school performance Northern Ireland. Combining panel data Key Stage II results from each Ireland‘s primary schools 2005...