The great equalizer: Health care access and infant mortality in Thailand

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

Volumn 6, Issue 1 A, 2014, Pages 91-107

  Gruber, Jonathan ^a   Hendren, Nathaniel ^b,c   Townsend, Robert M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 84894082386     PISSN: 19457782     EISSN: 19457790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/app.6.1.91     Document Type: Article

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