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Human Capital Accumulation and Disasters

Evidence from the Pakistan Earthquake of 2005

Tahir Andrabi, View ORCID ProfileBenjamin Daniels and View ORCID ProfileJishnu Das
Journal of Human Resources, July 2023, 58 (4) 1057-1096; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.59.2.0520-10887R1
Tahir Andrabi
Tahir Andrabi is Stedman-Sumner Professor of Economics at Pomona College.
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Benjamin Daniels is a gui2de Research Fellow at Georgetown University.
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Jishnu Das
Jishnu Das is a professor in the McCourt School of Public Policy and the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University ([email protected]).
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