The impact of immigration on child health: Experimental evidence from a migration lottery program

Economic Inquiry

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 62-81

  Stillman, Steven ^a   Gibson, John ^b   Mckenzie, David ^c  

^a MOTU ECONOMIC AND PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD WELFARE; DIET; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; HISTORY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MIGRATION; NEW ZEALAND; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; OBESITY;

EID: 84855428565     PISSN: 00952583     EISSN: 14657295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7295.2009.00284.x     Document Type: Article

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