Historical roots of loneliness and its impact on second-generation immigrants' health
In: Journal of economic behavior & organization, Band 224, S. 407-437
ISSN: 1879-1751, 0167-2681
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In: Journal of economic behavior & organization, Band 224, S. 407-437
ISSN: 1879-1751, 0167-2681
In: Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Dept. of Economics Research Paper Series No. 29
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In: University Ca' Foscari of Venice, Dept. of Economics Research Paper Series No. 01/WP/2022
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This paper highlights the fact that different distributional aspects of ethnicity matter for conflict. We axiomatically derive a parametric class of indices of conflict potential obtained as the sum of each ethnic group's relative power weighted by the probability of across group interactions. The power component of an extreme element of this class of indices is given by the Penrose–Banzhaf measure of relative power. This index combines in a non-linear way fractionalization, polarization and dominance. The empirical analysis verifies that it outperforms the existing indices of ethnic diversity in explaining ethnic conflict onset.
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In: University Ca' Foscari of Venice, Dept. of Economics Research Paper Series
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In: University Ca' Foscari of Venice, Dept. of Economics Research Paper Series No. 05/WP/2016
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In: The journal of human resources, Band 58, Heft 4, S. 1207-1241
ISSN: 1548-8004
This paper proposes a novel approach to investigating the determinants of academic performance: GPA and time to degree. We match administrative records with questionnaire responses for a large set of undergraduate students from one Italian public university. By exploiting reforms implemented by the University, we estimate the effect of the excess time to degree on GPA and find a strong negative relationship. Our results shed light on two crucial outcomes of academic performance, which may also determine the students' bargaining power in the labor market.
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In: University Ca' Foscari of Venice, Dept. of Economics Research Paper Series No. 17/WP/2019
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In: CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5280
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In: Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Department of Economics Research Paper Series No. 26/2023
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In: Journal of peace research, Band 58, Heft 1, S. 98-113
ISSN: 1460-3578
Although substantive agreement exists on the role of climate variability and food scarcity in increasing violence, a limited number of studies have investigated how food resources affect violent conflict. This article explores the complex linkages between climate variability, agricultural production and conflict onset, by focusing on the spatial distribution of crop production in a cross-country setting. We hypothesize that spatial differences in crop production within countries are a relevant factor in shaping the impact of climate variability on conflict in agriculturally -dependent countries. To test this hypothesis, we rely on high-resolution global gridded data on the local yield of four main crops for the period 1982–2015 and aggregate the grid-cell information on crop production to compute an empirical indicator of the spatial concentration of agricultural production within countries. Our results show that the negative impacts of climate variability lead to an increase in the spatial concentration of agricultural production within countries. In turn, the combined effect of climate extremes and crop production concentration increases the predicted probability of conflict onset by up to 14% in agriculturally dependent countries.
Although substantive agreement exists on the role of climate variability and food scarcity in increasing violence, a limited number of studies have investigated how food resources affect violent conflict. This paper explores the complex linkages between climate variability, agricultural production and conflict onset, by focusing on the spatial distribution of crop production in a cross-country setting. We hypothesize that spatial differences in crop production within countries are a relevant factor in shaping the impact of climate variability on conflict in agriculturally-dependent countries. To test this hypothesis, we rely on high-resolution global gridded data on the local yield of four main crops for the period 1982-2015 and aggregate the grid-cell information on crop production to compute an empirical indicator of the spatial concentration of agricultural production within countries. Our results show that the negative impacts of climate variability lead to an increase in the spatial concentration of agricultural production within countries. In turn, the combined effect of climate extremes and crop production concentration increases the predicted probability of conflict onset by up to 14% in agriculturally-dependent countries.
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In: University Ca' Foscari of Venice, Dept. of Economics Research Paper Series No. 08/WP/2020
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In: University Ca' Foscari of Venice, Dept. of Economics Research Paper Series No. 18
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