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- 2023
- Working Paper
Causes and Consequences of State Violence against Civilians: The Rohingya of Myanmar
By: C. Austin Davis, Paula Lopez-Pena, A. Mushfiq Mobarak and Jaya Wen
The Rohingya crisis is a severe, ongoing conflict involving large-scale violence and forced displacement, yet its causes are contested and its consequences lack systematic documentation. We marshal a variety of existing and original data to shed light on its drivers,...
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Keywords:
War;
Conflict and Resolution;
Motivation and Incentives;
Developing Countries and Economies;
Myanmar
Davis, C. Austin, Paula Lopez-Pena, A. Mushfiq Mobarak, and Jaya Wen. "Causes and Consequences of State Violence against Civilians: The Rohingya of Myanmar." Working Paper, August 2023.
- February 2023
- Teaching Note
Bangladesh: Into the Maelstrom
In the fall of 2018, Rohima Begum considered her options as the small island, or “char,” on which her family’s house rested slowly but inescapably eroded into the mighty Brahmaputra River in northern Bangladesh. Should she move to another island or into the city on the...
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- 2023
- Working Paper
State Employment as a Strategy of Autocratic Control in China
By: Jaya Y. Wen
This paper presents evidence that autocrats use state-owned firms to strategically pacify social unrest via employment provision, a role that may contribute to their favorable treatment and persistence across settings. I use variation in a regional conflict between...
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Wen, Jaya Y. "State Employment as a Strategy of Autocratic Control in China." Working Paper, January 2023.
- May 2022 (Revised May 2022)
- Teaching Note
The Crisis with Two Names: The 1997 Asian Financial Crisis - The IMF Crisis (아이엠에프 위기)
By: Jaya Y. Wen
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 722-041.
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- February 2022 (Revised March 2023)
- Case
The Crisis with Two Names: The 1997 Asian Financial Crisis - The IMF Crisis (아이엠에프 위기)
By: Jaya Y. Wen
Wen, Jaya Y. "The Crisis with Two Names: The 1997 Asian Financial Crisis - The IMF Crisis (아이엠에프 위기)." Harvard Business School Case 722-041, February 2022. (Revised March 2023.)
- 2020
- Working Paper
The Political Economy of State Employment and Instability in China
By: Jaya Y. Wen
Wen, Jaya Y. "The Political Economy of State Employment and Instability in China." Working Paper, August 2020.
- 2020
- Working Paper
The Dynamic Effects of Computerized VAT Invoices on Chinese Manufacturing Firms
By: Jaya Y. Wen, Haichao Fan, Yu Liu and Nancy Qian
- 2018
- Working Paper
Trust and Democracy: Leader Turnover during Economic Crises
By: Nathan Nunn, Nancy Qian and Jaya Y. Wen
We study the relationship between interpersonal trust and political stability in democratic countries. Using a six-decade-long annual country-level panel dataset, we find that recessions are more likely to cause political turnover in countries with lower levels of...
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Keywords:
Interpersonal Trust;
Recessions;
Leader Turnover;
Political Instability;
Culture;
Economic Slowdown and Stagnation;
Trust;
Political Elections
Nunn, Nathan, Nancy Qian, and Jaya Y. Wen. "Trust and Democracy: Leader Turnover during Economic Crises." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 24187, January 2018. (Revised February 2023. Available also from VOX and in Kellogg Insight.)
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Financial Education and the Debt Behavior of the Young
By: Jaya Y. Wen, Meta Brown, Wilbert van der Klaauw, Basit Zafar and John Grigsby
Wen, Jaya Y., Meta Brown, Wilbert van der Klaauw, Basit Zafar, and John Grigsby. "Financial Education and the Debt Behavior of the Young." Review of Financial Studies 29, no. 9 (September 2016): 2490–2522.
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Industry-Level Supply-Side Market Concentration and the Price of Military Conflict
By: Jaya Y. Wen
Wen, Jaya Y. "Industry-Level Supply-Side Market Concentration and the Price of Military Conflict." Conflict Management and Peace Science 29, no. 1 (February 2012): 79–92.