Health and the evolution of welfare across Brazilian municipalities

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 590-608

  Soares, Rodrigo R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; Inequality; Life expectancy; Mortality; Welfare

Indexed keywords

INCOME; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; WELFARE IMPACT;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34548120198     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2007.02.002     Document Type: Article

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