Live aid revisited: Long-term impacts of the 1984 Ethiopian famine on children

Journal of the European Economic Association

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 927-948

  Dercon, Stefan ^a   Porter, Catherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84904249168     PISSN: 15424766     EISSN: 15424774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeea.12088     Document Type: Article

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