Geography, health, and the pace of demo-economic development

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-75

  Strulik, Holger ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cross country divergence; Demographic Transition; Geography; Health; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; DEVELOPMENT THEORY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC THEORY; MACROECONOMICS;

EID: 39549104034     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2007.03.004     Document Type: Article

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