Economic well-being of African-Americans: The convergence in black-white infant mortality rates during the 1960's

American Economic Review

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 326-332

  Chay, Kenneth Y ^a   Greenstone, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0040951429     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.90.2.326     Document Type: Article

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