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Marijke Verpoorten
Researcher at University of Antwerp
Publications - 78
Citations - 1574
Marijke Verpoorten is an academic researcher from University of Antwerp. The author has contributed to research in topics: Genocide & Artisanal mining. The author has an hindex of 17, co-authored 77 publications receiving 1384 citations. Previous affiliations of Marijke Verpoorten include Katholieke Universiteit Leuven & Center for Economic Studies.
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Narrow and scientific replication of ‘The slave trade and the origins of mistrust in Africa'
TL;DR: This article replicated the results of Nunn and Wantchekon distrust in Africa by instrumenting slave exports using the historic distance of each ethnic group to the coast, and they found that individuals from ethnic groups that experienced high levels of slave exports are less trusting.
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Household coping in war- and peacetime: Cattle sales in Rwanda, 1991–2001
TL;DR: This paper studied the use of cattle as a buffer stock by Rwandan households during 1991-2001, a period characterized by civil war and genocide, and found that the probability of selling cattle increases upon the occurrence of both peacetime and wartime covariant adverse income shocks.
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The impact of armed conflict on economic performance Evidence from Rwanda
TL;DR: This article found that households and localities that experienced more intense conflict are lagging behind in terms of consumption six years after the conflict, a finding that is robust to taking into account the endogeneity of violence.
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Self-Reported Food Insecurity in Africa During the Food Price Crisis
TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyzed data on self-reported food insecurity of more than 50,000 individuals in 18 Sub-Saharan African countries over the period 2005 to 2008, when global food prices increased dramatically.
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Self-Reported Food Insecurity in Africa During the Food Price Crisis
Marijke Verpoorten,Marijke Verpoorten,Abhimanyu Arora,Nik Stoop,Nik Stoop,Johan F.M. Swinnen +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyzed data on self-reported food insecurity of more than 50,000 individuals in 18 Sub-Saharan African countries over the period 2005-2008, when global food prices increased dramatically.