Are Pregnant Women Happier? Racial Differences in the Relationsip Between Pregnancy and Life Satisfaction
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Keywords
pregnancy; life satisfaction; racial differences;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J10 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - General
- I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HAP-2010-09-18 (Economics of Happiness)
- NEP-HEA-2010-09-18 (Health Economics)
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