“Democracy Tested: Political Violence and Global Elections” …at the Lazaridis School of Business and Economics at Wilfrid Laurier University. He is an applied micro-economist working in the fields of political economy and development economics, with particular research…
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Emerging Scholars …the Mexican Street Sex Economy Liana Woskie (Health Policy, London School of Economics). Quantifying Structural Violence: Female Sterilization and Normalized State Repression in Healthcare 2021 Francis Abugbilla (International Affairs, University…
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Distinguished Scholars …University of Milan), Paolo Pinotti (Economics, Bocconi University), and Breno Sampaio (Economics, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco). Economic Shocks, Social Insurance, and Violent Crimes: Evidence from Brazil Gianmarco Daniele and Marco…
Intrahousehold Income Inequality and Conflict: Testing an Economic Model of Domestic Violence in Kerala, India …methods of economics and sociology. A major aim of our research is to estimate the causal effect of increases in female income on marital violence. To test for a causal…
War and Economic Development in Vietnam and Sierra Leone …the Journal of Development Economics. Many poverty trap models of economic growth predict that sufficiently severe war damage to the capital stock could lead to a “conflict trap” that condemns…
Welcome to Our 2025 HFG Distinguished Scholars …Ofek-Shanny (Economics, University of Haifa), and Analia Schlosser (Economics, Tel-Aviv University), Reducing Violence Through Cross-Ethnic Teachers: Insights from the Israeli Education System For more information contact: Nyeleti Honwana, Senior Program…
Pathways to Conflict: The Impact of Climate Change on Violence …forthcoming HFG Research and Policy in Brief, professor of economics and senior scientist, Vally Koubi examines the direct and indirect pathways through which climate change can lead to conflict. From…
The Political-Criminal Nexus: Emerging Violent Threat to Governability in the Twenty-First Century …collaboration. In patron-client relationships, individuals, criminal and noncriminal, come to accept that solutions to economic and personal needs and conflicts depend on certain leaders. Markets and economics are also affected….
HFG At The Crossroads Forum …be focusing their energies in the days to come if the goal is to advance knowledge about reducing violence? Morgan Williams, Assistant Professor of Economics, Barnard College Joseph B. Richardson…
“Why We Fight”: Dr. Chris Blattman …Random House: Why We Fight draws on decades of economics, political science, psychology, and real-world interventions to lay out the root causes and remedies for war, showing that violence is…
