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Department of Economics, University of Illinois

University of Illinois Urbana Champaign




Richard Akresh

Assistant Professor of Economics

Research Interests

Development economics

PhD

Economics, Yale University, 2004

Selected Publications

  • “Heath and Civil War in Rural Burundi,” with Tom Bundervoet and Philip Verwimp, Journal of Human Resources, forthcoming.
  • “Flexibility of Household Structure: Child Fostering Decisions in Burkina Faso,” IZA Discussion Paper No. 1471.
  • “Civil War, Crop Failure, and Child Stunting in Rwanda,” with Tom Bundervoet and Hilip Verwimp, World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4208.
  • “Armed Conflict and Schooling: Evidence from the 1994 Rwandan Genocide,” with Damien de Walque, World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4606.
  • “Using Achievement Tests to Measure Language Assimilation and Language Bias Among Immigrant Children,” with Ilana Akresh, IZA Discussion Paper No 3532.

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