Women's suffrage, political responsiveness, and child survival in American history

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1287-1327

  Miller, Grant ^a  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 49449099713     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/qjec.2008.123.3.1287     Document Type: Article

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