Aggregate Income Shocks and Infant Mortality in the Developing World

The diffusion of cost-effective life saving technologies has reduced infant mortality in much of the developing world. Income gains may also play a direct, protective role in ensuring child survival, although the empirical findings to date on this...

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Main Authors:	Baird, Sarah, Friedman, Jed, Schady, Norbert
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ABILITY TO PAY ADULT HEALTH ADULT MORTALITY AIDS EPIDEMIC AIR POLLUTION ARMED CONFLICT ARMED CONFLICTS BABIES CARE FOR CHILDREN CENSUSES CHILD BIRTH CHILD DEATHS CHILD HEALTH CIVIL CONFLICT CIVIL WAR COMPLICATIONS DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEYS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISCRIMINATION DISEASE CONTROL ECONOMIC CHANGE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICY EQUILIBRIUM EXPENDITURES FAMILIES FEMALE CHILDREN FEMALE EDUCATION FEMALE MORTALITY FERTILITY FIRST BIRTHS GENDER GENDER DIFFERENCES GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT HEALTH ECONOMICS HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH STATUS HIV HIV INFECTION HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES HYGIENE IMPROVEMENTS IN CHILD SURVIVAL INCOME INFANT INFANT DEATH INFANT DEATHS INFANT HEALTH INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE INFANT MORTALITY RATES INFANTS INFECTION RATES INTEGRATION LIFE EXPECTANCY LIVE BIRTHS LOW BIRTHWEIGHT MALARIA MALE MORTALITY MANDATES MATERNAL HEALTH MEDICAL ATTENTION MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MORBIDITY MORTALITY DECLINE MORTALITY RISK MOTHER MULTIPLE BIRTH MULTIPLE BIRTHS NATALITY DATA NEONATAL MORTALITY NUMBER OF BIRTHS NUMBER OF DEATHS NUTRITION OLDER WOMEN PEACE PLACE OF RESIDENCE POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL PARTICIPATION POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT POPULATION ASSOCIATION PREGNANCY PRENATAL CARE PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE PRIMARY SCHOOLING PROBABILITY PROGRESS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITURES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES PUBLIC SERVICES PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY RADIATION RESPECT RURAL AREAS SEX SEX RATIO SMOKING SOCIAL SCIENCE STATE UNIVERSITY SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO URBAN AREAS USE OF HEALTH SERVICES VITAL STATISTICS VULNERABILITY WOMAN WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG CHILDREN YOUNG MOTHER YOUNG MOTHERS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/09/9323631/infant-mortality-over-business-cycle-developing-world http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7627

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/09/9323631/infant-mortality-over-business-cycle-developing-world
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7627

Aggregate Income Shocks and Infant Mortality in the Developing World

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