A deadly disparity: A unified assessment of the black-white infant mortality gap

B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Elder, Todd E ^a   Goddeeris, John H ^a   Haider, Steven J ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

birth weight; infant mortality; racial disparity; reweighting estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960003209     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19351682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1935-1682.2821     Document Type: Article

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