Births, deaths, and new deal relief during the great depression

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-14

  Fishback, Price V ^a,d   Haines, Michael R ^b,d   Kantor, Shawn ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 33947702020     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/rest.89.1.1     Document Type: Review

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