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Richard Akresh

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First Name:Richard
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Last Name:Akresh
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RePEc Short-ID:pak31
https://sites.google.com/view/Akresh/
1407 West Gregory Drive David Kinley Hall, Room 214 Urbana, IL 61801
Terminal Degree:2004 Economics Department; Yale University (from RePEc Genealogy)

Affiliation

(99%) Department of Economics
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (United States)
http://www.economics.illinois.edu/
RePEc:edi:deuiuus (more details at EDIRC)

(1%) Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Bonn, Germany
http://www.iza.org/
RePEc:edi:izaaade (more details at EDIRC)

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Working papers

  1. Richard Akresh & Daniel Halim & Marieke Kleemans, 2018. "Long-term and Intergenerational Effects of Education: Evidence from School Construction in Indonesia," NBER Working Papers 25265, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  2. Akresh, Richard & Bhalotra, Sonia R. & Leone, Marinella & Osili, Una O., 2017. "First and Second Generation Impacts of the Biafran War," IZA Discussion Papers 10938, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  3. Richard Akresh & Sonia Bhalotra & Marinella Leone & Una Osili, 2017. "Hunger Games: First and Second Generation Impacts of the Biafran War," HiCN Working Papers 254, Households in Conflict Network.
  4. Richard Akresh, 2016. "Climate Change, Conflict, and Children," HiCN Working Papers 221, Households in Conflict Network.
  5. Richard Akresh & German Daniel Caruso & Harsha Thirumurthy, 2016. "Detailed Geographic Information, Conflict Exposure, and Health Impacts," HiCN Working Papers 238, Households in Conflict Network.
  6. Richard Akresh & Damien de Walque & Harounan Kazianga, 2016. "Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation of the Household Welfare Impacts of Conditional and Unconditional Cash Transfers Given to Mothers or Fathers," Economics Working Paper Series 1611, Oklahoma State University, Department of Economics and Legal Studies in Business.
  7. Richard Akresh & German Daniel Caruso & Harsha Thirumurthy, 2014. "Medium-Term Health Impacts of Shocks Experienced In Utero and After Birth: Evidence from Detailed Geographic Information on War Exposure," NBER Working Papers 20763, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  8. Richard Akresh & Damien de Walque & Harounan Kazianga, 2013. "Cash Transfers and Child Schooling: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation of the Role of Conditionality," Economics Working Paper Series 1301, Oklahoma State University, Department of Economics and Legal Studies in Business.
  9. Akresh, Richard & Bagby, Emilie & de Walque, Damien & Kazianga, Harounan, 2012. "Child labor, schooling, and child ability," Policy Research Working Paper Series 5965, The World Bank.
  10. Akresh, Richard & de Walque, Damien & Kazianga, Harounan, 2012. "Alternative Cash Transfer Delivery Mechanisms: Impacts on Routine Preventative Health Clinic Visits in Burkina Faso," IZA Discussion Papers 6321, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  11. Richard Akresh & Eric V. Edmonds, 2011. "Residential Rivalry and Constraints on the Availability of Child Labor," NBER Working Papers 17165, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  12. Akresh, Richard & Chen, Joyce J & Moore, Charity, 2011. "Altruism, Cooperation, and Efficiency: Agricultural Production in Polygynous Households," IZA Discussion Papers 6265, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  13. Richard Akresh & Sonia Bhalotra & Marinella Leone & Una Osili, 2011. "War and Stature: Growing Up During the Nigerian Civil War," The Centre for Market and Public Organisation 11/279, The Centre for Market and Public Organisation, University of Bristol, UK.
  14. Philip Verwimp & Tom Bundervoet & Richard Akresh, 2010. "The Impact of Violent Conflict on Child Health: What Are the Channels?," Policy Briefings 6, MICROCON - A Micro Level Analysis of Violent Conflict.
  15. Richard Akresh & Leonardo Lucchetti & Harsha Thirumurthy, 2010. "Wars and Child Health: Evidence from the Eritrean-Ethiopian Conflict," HiCN Working Papers 89, Households in Conflict Network.
  16. Akresh, Richard & Edmonds, Eric V., 2010. "The Analytical Returns to Measuring a Detailed Household Roster," IZA Discussion Papers 4759, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  17. Akresh, Richard & Bagby, Emilie & de Walque, Damien & Kazianga, Harounan, 2010. "Child Ability and Household Human Capital Investment Decisions in Burkina Faso," IZA Discussion Papers 5326, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  18. Akresh, Richard & de Walque, Damien, 2008. "Armed Conflict and Schooling: Evidence from the 1994 Rwandan Genocide," IZA Discussion Papers 3516, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  19. Akresh, Richard & Redstone Akresh, Ilana, 2008. "Using Achievement Tests to Measure Language Assimilation and Language Bias among Immigrant Children," IZA Discussion Papers 3532, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  20. Bundervoet, Tom & Verwimp, Philip & Akresh, Richard, 2007. "Health and Civil War in Rural Burundi," IZA Discussion Papers 2951, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  21. Akresh, Richard & Verwimp, Philip & Bundervoet, Tom, 2007. "Civil war, crop failure, and child stunting in Rwanda," Policy Research Working Paper Series 4208, The World Bank.
  22. Richard Akresh & Philip Verwimp, 2006. "Civil War, Crop Failure, and the Health Status of Young Children," HiCN Working Papers 19, Households in Conflict Network.
  23. Akresh, Richard, 2005. "Risk, Network Quality, and Family Structure: Child Fostering Decisions in Burkina Faso," Center Discussion Papers 28454, Yale University, Economic Growth Center.
  24. Akresh, Richard, 2005. "Understanding Pareto Inefficient Intrahousehold Allocations," IZA Discussion Papers 1858, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  25. Akresh, Richard, 2004. "Adjusting Household Structure: School Enrollment Impacts of Child Fostering in Burkina Faso," Center Discussion Papers 28521, Yale University, Economic Growth Center.
  26. Richard Akresh & Emilie Bagby & Damien de Walque & Harounan Kazianga, "undated". "Child Labor, Schooling, and Child Ability (Presentation)," Mathematica Policy Research Reports 3a260bbbddf24704a8a35fce7, Mathematica Policy Research.
  27. Richard Akresh & Emilie Bagby & Damien de Walque & Harounan Kazianga, "undated". "Child Labor, Schooling, and Child Ability (Professional Paper)," Mathematica Policy Research Reports bac9373fb1b34111a24aa3147, Mathematica Policy Research.
  28. Richard Akresh & Emilie Bagby & Daien de Walque & Harounan Kazianga, "undated". "Child Labor, Schooling, and Child Ability (Working Paper)," Mathematica Policy Research Reports 586f34b0e5e0401b9ca203fa8, Mathematica Policy Research.

Articles

  1. Richard Akresh & Daniel Halim & Marieke Kleemans, 2023. "Long-Term and Intergenerational Effects of Education: Evidence from School Construction in Indonesia," The Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 133(650), pages 582-612.
  2. Richard Akresh & Sonia Bhalotra & Marinella Leone & Una Osili, 2023. "First- and Second-Generation Impacts of the Biafran War," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 58(2), pages 488-531.
  3. Akresh, Richard & Caruso, German Daniel & Thirumurthy, Harsha, 2022. "Detailed geographic information, conflict exposure, and health impacts," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 155(C).
  4. Richard Akresh & Joyce J. Chen & Charity T. Moore, 2016. "Altruism, Cooperation, and Efficiency: Agricultural Production in Polygynous Households," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 64(4), pages 661-696.
  5. Richard Akresh & Sonia Bhalotra & Marinella Leone & Una Okonkwo Osili, 2012. "War and Stature: Growing Up during the Nigerian Civil War," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 102(3), pages 273-277, May.
  6. Richard Akresh & Emilie Bagby & Damien de Walque & Harounan Kazianga, 2012. "Child Ability and Household Human Capital Investment Decisions in Burkina Faso," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 61(1), pages 157-186.
  7. Richard Akresh & Joyce J. Chen & Charity T. Moore, 2012. "Productive Efficiency and the Scope for Cooperation in Polygynous Households," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 94(2), pages 395-401.
  8. Akresh, Richard & Lucchetti, Leonardo & Thirumurthy, Harsha, 2012. "Wars and child health: Evidence from the Eritrean–Ethiopian conflict," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 99(2), pages 330-340.
  9. Richard Akresh & Redstone Akresh, 2011. "Using Achievement Tests to Measure Language Assimilation and Language Bias among the Children of Immigrants," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 46(3), pages 647-667.
  10. Richard Akresh & Philip Verwimp & Tom Bundervoet, 2011. "Civil War, Crop Failure, and Child Stunting in Rwanda," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 59(4), pages 777-810.
  11. Richard Akresh, 2009. "Flexibility of Household Structure: Child Fostering Decisions in Burkina Faso," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 44(4).
  12. Tom Bundervoet & Philip Verwimp & Richard Akresh, 2009. "Health and Civil War in Rural Burundi," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 44(2).

Chapters

  1. Richard Akresh & Damien de Walque & Harounan Kazianga, 2014. "Alternative Cash Transfer Delivery Mechanisms: Impacts on Routine Preventative Health Clinic Visits in Burkina Faso," NBER Chapters, in: African Successes, Volume II: Human Capital, pages 113-135, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

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NEP Fields

NEP is an announcement service for new working papers, with a weekly report in each of many fields. This author has had 35 papers announced in NEP. These are the fields, ordered by number of announcements, along with their dates. If the author is listed in the directory of specialists for this field, a link is also provided.
  1. NEP-DEV: Development (22) 2005-05-29 2005-05-29 2006-10-28 2007-04-28 2007-09-02 2008-02-09 2008-04-29 2008-07-14 2010-03-06 2010-12-04 2011-03-19 2012-01-03 2012-01-25 2012-02-01 2012-02-20 2013-01-07 2013-02-03 2013-08-31 2016-07-23 2017-09-03 2018-12-17 2022-11-14. Author is listed
  2. NEP-AFR: Africa (20) 2005-02-01 2006-10-28 2006-11-25 2007-04-28 2007-09-02 2008-02-09 2008-04-29 2010-05-02 2010-12-04 2011-03-19 2011-03-26 2012-01-03 2012-01-25 2012-02-01 2012-02-20 2012-02-20 2013-01-07 2013-02-03 2013-08-31 2017-08-27. Author is listed
  3. NEP-HEA: Health Economics (9) 2006-10-28 2007-09-02 2008-02-09 2008-04-29 2010-05-02 2011-03-19 2011-03-26 2015-01-14 2016-11-20. Author is listed
  4. NEP-EDU: Education (8) 2005-05-29 2008-09-13 2013-02-03 2013-08-31 2016-05-14 2016-07-23 2017-08-27 2017-09-03. Author is listed
  5. NEP-HIS: Business, Economic and Financial History (6) 2012-01-03 2012-02-01 2013-01-07 2017-08-27 2017-09-03 2022-11-14. Author is listed
  6. NEP-DEM: Demographic Economics (5) 2013-01-07 2013-02-03 2013-08-31 2016-07-23 2017-08-27. Author is listed
  7. NEP-AGR: Agricultural Economics (4) 2006-10-28 2006-11-25 2007-04-28 2016-07-23
  8. NEP-LAB: Labour Economics (4) 2008-09-13 2010-12-04 2011-07-02 2018-12-17
  9. NEP-URE: Urban and Real Estate Economics (4) 2013-02-03 2013-08-31 2018-12-17 2022-11-14
  10. NEP-HRM: Human Capital and Human Resource Management (3) 2008-07-14 2008-09-13 2010-12-04
  11. NEP-SEA: South East Asia (2) 2018-12-17 2022-11-14
  12. NEP-ENV: Environmental Economics (1) 2016-06-14
  13. NEP-EVO: Evolutionary Economics (1) 2012-01-25
  14. NEP-EXP: Experimental Economics (1) 2013-08-31
  15. NEP-GEO: Economic Geography (1) 2015-01-14
  16. NEP-MIC: Microeconomics (1) 2011-03-19
  17. NEP-MIG: Economics of Human Migration (1) 2008-07-14
  18. NEP-NET: Network Economics (1) 2005-05-29
  19. NEP-SOC: Social Norms and Social Capital (1) 2012-01-25

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