Returns to birthweight

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 586-601

  Behrman, Jere R ^a   Rosenzweig, Mark R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 2442555766     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003465304323031139     Document Type: Review

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