Aggregate Income Shocks and Infant Mortality in the Developing World
Health and income are strongly correlated both within and across countries, yet the extent to which improvements in income have a causal effect on health status remains controversial. We investigate whether short-term fluctuations in aggregate income affect infant mortality using an unusually large...
Main Authors: | Baird, Sarah, Friedman, Jed, Schady, Norbert |
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Format: | Journal Article |
Language: | EN |
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MIT Press
2012
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4916 |
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