Fatalities increase media coverage of the Afghan conflict and public demand for withdrawal; however, this effect is significantly weakened when coverage of conflict is overshadowed by other news events, highlighting the crucial role that media play in shaping public support for foreign military interventions.

While very short and long restrictions limit the spread of disease, moderately lengthy restrictions substantially increase infections.

Foreign armed group attacks on household members are associated with a larger propensity that individuals join a Congolese militia in subsequent years.

Colleges serve as local marriage markets, mattering greatly for whom one marries, not because of the pre-determined traits of the admitted students but as a direct result of attending a particular institution at a given time.

Surveys reveal that 20 percent of full workdays will be supplied from home after the pandemic ends, compared with just 5 percent before.

Results of a Côte d’Ivoire workfare program show limited impacts on the likelihood of employment, but a shift toward wage jobs, higher earnings and savings, as well as changes in work habits and behaviors; fifteen months after the program ended, savings stock remain higher, but there are no lasting impacts on employment or behaviors, and only limited impacts on earnings.

News associated with monetary policy and government spending triggers a greater share of upward than downward jumps in the stock markets of 16 countries, with lower market volatility after jumps triggered by monetary policy news, among other key findings.

Armed actors refrain from using their power to arbitrarily steal from an economy if, and only if, their property rights over stealing from that economy are secure over a long horizon.