Cyclicality, mortality, and the value of time: The case of coffee price fluctuations and child survival in Colombia

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 113-155

  Miller, Grant ^a   Urdinola, B Piedad ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; CHILD MORTALITY; COFFEE; DEVELOPING WORLD; PRICE DYNAMICS; SURVIVAL;

COLOMBIA;

COFFEA ARABICA;

EID: 77950424594     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/651673     Document Type: Article

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