The weight of the crisis: Evidence from newborns in Argentina

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 550-562

  Bozzoli, Carlos ^a   Quintana Domeque, Climent ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD TORCUATO DI TELLA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Institute of Labor Economics   (Germany)

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EID: 84896079868     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00398     Document Type: Article

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