Booms, busts, and babies' health

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1091-1130

  Dehejia, Rajeev ^a,b   Lleras Muney, Adriana ^b,c  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 4043118306     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/0033553041502216     Document Type: Article

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