Conflict and investment: A review across health, fertility, education, and economic activity
Abstract This article provides an overview of the literature on the bidirectional relationship between conflict and private and public investment. We consider different dimensions of investment choices, including health, fertility, migration, education, and economic activity of firms and the government. The review puts a particular focus on the existing evidence for causality running from conflict to investment in these different dimensions, and from investment to conflict.
Authors
- Uwe Sunde (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2110-7822)
- Michele Di Maio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2622-6780)
Institutions
- Center for Economic and Policy Research (US)
- Center for NanoScience (DE)
- Zentrum Überleben (DE)
- Centre for Economic Policy Research (GB)
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)
- Sapienza University of Rome (IT)
- Fafo Foundation (NO)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Economic Policy
- Published
- 2025-08-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/epolic/eiaf006
- Primary Topic
- Health and Conflict Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00