Wealth, health, and child development: Evidence from administrative data on Swedish lottery players

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 687-738

  Cesarini, David ^a   Lindqvist, Erik ^b   Östling, Robert ^c   Wallace, Björn ^d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS IFN   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISK; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84978959025     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qje/qjw001     Document Type: Article

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