Abstract Evidence suggests that natural resources have driven conflict and underdevelopment in modern Africa. We show this relationship exists primarily when neighboring regions are resource-rich. When neighbors resource-poor, own instead drive economic growth. To motivate the empirical study of set facts, we present a simple model parties engaged potential over resources, revealing prosperity ...

this study investigates the effect of women's employment on family and social relations in the city of aran & bidgol. the theoretical framework of research is role conflict theory. survey methods is used in this study and the statistical population included all women working in the city of aran & bidgol. using cochran's formula and simple random sampling, 250 married women were select...

We study the role of intergroup mobility in the emergence of conflict. Two groups compete for the right to allocate society’s resources. We allow for costly intergroup mobility. The winning group offers an allocation, which the opposition can accept or reject, and wage conflict. Agents can also switch group membership. Expropriating a large share of resources increases political strength by att...