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Richard Akresh

RA

19

Publications

1.8K

Citations

18

H-Index

2005

Active since

Affiliations

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign(Current)

IZA - Institute of Labor Economics

World Bank Group

Université Libre de Bruxelles

University of Sussex

Richard Akresh is an author at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign specializing in public health, african development, and social sciences.

Top concepts

Public HealthGlobal HealthSocial SciencesAfrican DevelopmentDemographyAfrican ConflictSocial Determinants Of HealthSpanishLanguageEconomics

Publications per year

2005–2021

19

Publications

19

Wars and child health: Evidence from the Eritrean–Ethiopian conflict

Richard Akresh, Leonardo Lucchetti, Harsha Thirumurthy · Journal of Development Economics · 2012 · 332 citations · Full text

African Conflict, Global Health, Child Health +9

Civil War, Crop Failure, and Child Stunting in Rwanda

Richard Akresh, Philip Verwimp, Tom Bundervoet · Economic Development and Cultural Change · 2011 · 296 citations

War and Stature: Growing Up during the Nigerian Civil War

Richard Akresh, Sonia Bhalotra, Marinella Leone et al. · American Economic Review · 2012 · 270 citations

Nationalism, Colonialism, Development Economics +19

Health and Civil War in Rural Burundi

Tom Bundervoet, Philip Verwimp, Richard Akresh · The Journal of Human Resources · 2009 · 238 citations

Population Science, Social Determinants Of Health, Civil War +17

Flexibility of Household Structure

Richard Akresh · The Journal of Human Resources · 2009 · 85 citations

Child Fostering, Household Structure, Family Structure +23

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