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Ana Tur-Prats is Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of California, Merced. Her research spans topics in culture and institutions, gender economics, economic history and political economy. Some of her work examines the cultural norms that sustain intimate-partner violence and conflict-related sexual violence. Other recent work focuses on the formation and persistence of social capital, and on the long-term consequences of conflict on interpersonal trust and political behavior.