Wasted investments: Some economic implications of childhood mortality patterns*

Population Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 519-536

  Reher, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD MORTALITY; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ECONOMIC IMPLICATION; INFANT MORTALITY; MORTALITY PATTERN; POVERTY CYCLE; WOMEN'S TIME ALLOCATION;

EID: 0029492683     PISSN: 00324728     EISSN: 14774747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0032472031000148806     Document Type: Article

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