Why is Infant Mortality Higher in the US than in Europe?
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- I0 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - General
- I14 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Inequality
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DEM-2014-12-08 (Demographic Economics)
- NEP-HEA-2014-12-08 (Health Economics)
- NEP-LTV-2014-12-08 (Unemployment, Inequality and Poverty)
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