Missing Twins: Fetal Origins, Institutions, and Twin-singleton Mortality Convergence
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Keywords
Mortality; twins; singletons; convergence; institutions; sub-Saharan Africa;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General
- I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-GRO-2018-02-05 (Economic Growth)
- NEP-HEA-2018-02-05 (Health Economics)
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