Aggregate income shocks and infant mortality in the developing world

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 847-856

  Baird, Sarah ^a   Friedman, Jed ^b   Schady, Norbert ^c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c INTER AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (United States)

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EID: 80053940510     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00084     Document Type: Article

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