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

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 330-340

  Akresh, Richard ^a   Lucchetti, Leonardo ^a   Thirumurthy, Harsha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Child health; Conflict

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; MIGRATION; SOCIAL CONFLICT; WAR;

ERITREA; ETHIOPIA;

EID: 84864388791     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2012.04.001     Document Type: Article

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