In 1984, the world was shocked at the scale of a famine in Ethiopia that caused over half a million deaths, making it … paper provides the first estimates the long-term impact of the famine twenty years later, on the height of young adults aged … studies, famine intensity is measured at the household level, while impacts are assessed using a difference …

In 1984, the world was shocked at the scale of a famine in Ethiopia that caused over half a million deaths, making it … provides the first estimates the long-term impact of the famine twenty years later, on the height of young adults aged 19 …-22 years who experienced this severe shock as infants during the crisis. An innovative feature of the analysis is that famine …