Effects of Federal Nutrition Program on Birth Outcomes
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Keywords
Nutrition; Access to care; Birth outcomes; Women; infants and children (WIC) program; Bivariate probit model (BVP); I12; I18;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
- I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
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