Education or wealth: Which matters more for reducing child mortality in developing countries?

Vienna Yearbook of Population Research

Volumn , Issue 1, 2010, Pages 175-199

  Fuchs, Regina ^a   Pamuk, Elsie ^a   Lutz, Wolfgang ^a,b,c  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^b VIENNA INSTITUTE OF DEMOGRAPHY   (Austria)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

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EID: 78650841445     PISSN: 17284414     EISSN: 17285305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1553/populationyearbook2010s175     Document Type: Article

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