Aggregate income shocks and infant mortality in the developing world (English)

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. The authors investigate whether short-term fluctuations in aggregate income affect infant mortality using an unusually large data set of 1.7 million births in 59 developing countries. The authors show a large, negative association between per capita GDP and infant mortality...

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Baird,Sarah Jane;

Friedman,Jed;

Schady,Norbert Rudiger;
Document Date
2011/08/01
Document Type
Journal Article
Report Number
94667
Volume No
1
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1
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World,
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Other,
Disclosure Date
2015/03/11
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Disclosed
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Aggregate income shocks and infant mortality in the developing world
Keywords
Infant Mortality

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Baird,Sarah Jane; Friedman,Jed; Schady,Norbert Rudiger.

Aggregate income shocks and infant mortality in the developing world (English). Author accepted manuscript Washington, DC ; World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/830521468129272116

Aggregate income shocks and infant mortality in the developing world (English)

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