Infant mortality, relative income and public policy

Applied Economics

Volumn 45, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 3240-3254

  Tacke, Tilman ^a   Waldmann, Robert J ^b  

^a MCKINSEY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^b Università di Roma   (Italy)

Author keywords

Health care; Inequality; Infant mortality; Welfare

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN CAPITAL; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INFANT MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL POLICY; WELFARE IMPACT;

EID: 84865703682     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2012.705429     Document Type: Article

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