Economic Crises, Maternal and Infant Mortality, Low Birth Weight and Enrollment Rates: Evidence from Argentina's Downturns

World Development

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 303-314

  Cruces, Guillermo ^a,b,c   Glüzmann, Pablo ^a,b   Calva, Luis Felipe López ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^b National Council on Scientific and Technical Research ^*  (Argentina)

^c IZA   (Germany)

^d WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Argentina; Crisis; Infant mortality; Low birth weight; Maternal mortality; Poverty

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EDUCATION; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; INFANT MORTALITY; MATERNAL HEALTH; POVERTY; PUBLIC SPENDING; WEIGHT;

ARGENTINA;

EID: 84864790304     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.07.014     Document Type: Article

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