The Effects of Mexico's Seguro Popular Health Insurance on Infant Mortality: An Estimation with Selection on the Outcome Variable

World Development

Volumn 59, Issue , 2014, Pages 475-486

  Pfutze, Tobias ^a,b  

^a OBERLIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health insurance; Infant mortality; Mexico; Sample selection

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; CENSUS; HEALTH INSURANCE; INFANT MORTALITY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84896504615     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.02.008     Document Type: Article

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