The long-run impact of bombing Vietnam

Miguel, Edward; Roland, Gérard

doi:10.1016/j.jdeveco.2010.07.004

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“…Furthermore, it can contribute to the understanding of the persistent differences in regional economic development (Becker et al 2010, Maseland 2012, Tabellini 2010or Waidlein 2011. Finally, this study contributes to a growing literature reporting on the persistence and pathdependent nature of spatial equilibria (e.g., in industry concentration) and city growth processes (Bosker et al 2007, Bleakly and Lin 2012, Davis and Weinstein 2002, Davis and Weinstein 2008, Miguel and Roland 2011and Redding et al 2011. To establish a link between medieval trade, agglomeration and contemporary performance we link the typical characteristics of medieval trade and cities to the determinants of agglomeration suggested by New Economic Geography (NEG) and agglomeration economics (e.g., Krugman 1991, Glaeser et al 1992.…”

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Does medieval trade still matter? Historical trade centers, agglomeration and contemporary economic development

Wahl

2016

Regional Science and Urban Economics

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in AbstractThis study empirically establishes a link between medieval trade, agglomeration and contemporary regional development in ten European countries. It documents a statistically and economically significant positive relationship between prominent involvement in medieval trade and commercial activities and regional economic development today. Further empirical analyses show that medieval trade positively influenced city development both during the medieval period and in the long run; they also reveal a robust connection between medieval city growth and contemporary regional agglomeration and industry concentration. A mediation analysis indicates that a long-lasting effect of medieval trade on contemporary regional development is indeed transmitted via its effect on agglomeration and industry concentration. This research thus highlights the long-run importance of medieval trade in shaping the development of cities as well as the contemporary spatial distribution of economic activity throughout Europe. The path-dependent regional development processes caused by medieval commercial activities help explain the observed persistent regional development differences across the European countries considered.

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confidence: 88%

Does medieval trade still matter? Historical trade centers, agglomeration and contemporary economic development

Wahl

2016

Regional Science and Urban Economics

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“…The nature and magnitude of a conflict's long-term economic consequences are debated in the literature. Davis and Weinstein (2002) for Japan; Brakman, Garretsen, and Schramm (2004) for Germany; Miguel and Roland (2006) for Vietnam; Bellows and Miguel (2006) for Sierra Leone find rapid economic recovery after civil war. Convergence towards the country's long-term growth path is reached relatively fast, often within 15 years, as a neo-classical growth model would predict.…”

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Schooling, Violent Conflict, and Gender in Burundi

Verwimp¹,

Bavel²

2013

The World Bank Economic Review

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Next to the taking of lives and the destruction of infrastructure, violent conflict also affects the long-term growth path of a country by its effect on human capital accumulation. This paper investigates the effect of exposure to violent conflict on the completion of primary schooling. We use a nationwide household survey that collected detailed education, migration, gender and wealth data and combine this with secondary sources on the location and timing of the conflict. Depending on specification we find that the odds to complete primary schooling for a child exposed to the violence declined by 40 to 50% compared to a non-exposed child. The schooling of boys from non-poor households is affected most by conflict, followed by boys and girls from poor households. The schooling of girls from nonpoor households is least affected. Forced displacement is found to be one of the channels through which the impact is felt. We perform robustness checks for our results. AbstractNext to the taking of lives and the destruction of infrastructure, violent conflict also affects the long-term growth path of a country by its effect on human capital accumulation. This paper investigates the effect of exposure to violent conflict on the completion of primary schooling. We use a nationwide household survey that collected detailed education, migration, gender and wealth data and combine this with secondary sources on the location and timing of the conflict. Depending on specification we find that the odds to complete primary schooling for a child exposed to the violence declined by 40 to 50% compared to a non-exposed child. The schooling of boys from non-poor households is affected most by conflict, followed by boys and girls from poor households. The schooling of girls from non-poor households is least affected. Forced displacement is found to be one of the channels through which the impact is felt. We perform robustness checks for our results.

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“…In light of the existing evidence on the costs and consequences of conflict, one might naturally be surprised by Miguel and Roland's (2010) recent finding that districts of Vietnam, which were heavily bombed during the war in the 1960s and early 1970s, have not experienced any long-run negative economic consequences; if anything, such areas have done relatively better. However, Miguel and Roland report, in addition, evidence that the Vietnamese government heavily favored the most war-afflicted areas with investment and other transfers, and that is a likely explanation of their main empirical result.…”

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confidence: 99%