What explains the rural-urban gap in infant mortality: household or community characteristics?

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Published in Demography on November 01, 2009

Authors

Ellen Van de Poel1, Owen O'Donnell, Eddy Van Doorslaer

Author Affiliations

1: Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Burg. Oudlaan 50, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands. vandepoel@few.eur.nl

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