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The Ethnic Groups Military Recruitment Data

open access: yesNations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Military conscription affects how countries expand political rights and fight wars, as well as their citizens' view of the state and socioeconomic outcomes. Until recently, conscription was studied in a simplified fashion, missing cases where it only applies to specific societal groups. We introduce the Ethnic Military Recruitment (EGMR) data,
Markéta Odlová, Marius Mehrl
wiley   +1 more source

The Economic Effects of ‘Excessive’ Financial Deepening

open access: yesOxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We study the causal implications of high levels of financial deepening for economic development and banking crises in a panel of countries over the past seven decades. We adopt a factor‐augmented heterogeneous difference‐in‐differences estimator and find, in contrast to the existing literature, that very high levels of financial development do
Rachel Cho   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Income, Subjective Well‐Being, and Violence in Afghanistan: Evidence From a Nationwide Survey

open access: yesReview of Development Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between household income and subjective well‐being (SWB) in Afghanistan, emphasizing how fear of insecurity and experiences of violence moderate this association. Drawing on a comprehensive nationwide survey conducted by the Asia Foundation from 2016 to 2021 across 34 provinces, we analyze repeated cross ...
Mohammad Haroon Asadi   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Female Education and Child Marriage

open access: yesReview of Development Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We examine why the education of young girls has historically lagged behind that of young boys across different countries. Using data from 105 countries during 1990–2020, we discover some evidence that is consistent with the idea that parents in many traditional societies reduce investments in the primary schooling of their daughters after they
Hasan A. Faruq
wiley   +1 more source

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