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Conflict, institutions, and economic behavior: Legacies of the Cambodian genocide

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  • Kogure, Katsuo
  • Takasaki, Yoshito

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This paper explores whether the Cambodian genocide under the Pol Pot regime (1975–1979) altered people’s post-conflict behaviors through institutional changes. We compare couples who had their first child during and right after the Pol Pot era. These two couples had distinct institutional experiences: The former were controlled as family organizations – state-owned spouses and children – and the latter were not. Combining spatial genocide data and the complete count Population Census microdata, we find adverse impacts of the genocide on parents’ subsequent investments in children’s education only for the former couples. We provide suggestive evidence that this can be because people were persistently susceptible to fear of violence depending on their experiences of the institutions.

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  • Kogure, Katsuo & Takasaki, Yoshito, 2024. "Conflict, institutions, and economic behavior: Legacies of the Cambodian genocide," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 228(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jeborg:v:228:y:2024:i:c:s0167268124004049
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2024.106790
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    Keywords

    Conflict; Genocide; Institutions; Education; Cambodia;
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    JEL classification:

    • N35 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - Asia including Middle East
    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
    • O17 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
    • Z13 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification

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