Early interventions and infant health: Evidence from the Danish home visiting program

Labour Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 484-495

  Wüst, Miriam ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b VIVE THE DANISH CENTER FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Early origins; Health policies; Home visiting; Program evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864521327     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2012.05.012     Document Type: Article

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