Fetal origins and parental responses

Annual Review of Economics

Volumn 5, Issue , 2013, Pages 37-56

  Almond, Douglas ^a,b   Mazumder, Bhashkar ^c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

birth endowments; birth weight; parental investments

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882640378     PISSN: 19411383     EISSN: 19411391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-economics-082912-110145     Document Type: Review

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