Gender patterns in Vietnam's child mortality

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 303-322

  Pham, Thong Le ^a   Kooreman, Peter ^b   Koning, Ruud H ^c   Wiersma, Doede ^c  

^a CAN THO UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Child mortality; Frailty model; Gender differences; Hazard rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868124610     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-012-0425-9     Document Type: Article

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