Public health investments and the infant mortality gap: Evidence from federal sanitation interventions on U.S. Indian reservations

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 90, Issue 8-9, 2006, Pages 1537-1560

  Watson, Tara ^a  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health externalities; Infant mortality; Native American; Sanitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746630987     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2005.10.002     Document Type: Article

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