Aggregate Income Shocks and Infant Mortality in the Developing World

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...

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Main Authors: Baird, Sarah, Friedman, Jed, Schady, Norbert
Format: Journal Article
Language:EN
Published: MIT Press 2012
Subjects:
Macroeconomics: Production E230
Health Production I120
Fertility
Family Planning
Child Care
INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS :: Children
Youth J130
Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development O110
Economic Development: Human Resources
Human Development
Income Distribution
Migration O150
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4916

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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4916

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