Inequality Before Birth: The Developmental Consequences of Environmental Toxicants
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JEL classification:
- I20 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - General
- I24 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Inequality
- Q53 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Air Pollution; Water Pollution; Noise; Hazardous Waste; Solid Waste; Recycling
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ENV-2016-05-28 (Environmental Economics)
- NEP-HEA-2016-05-28 (Health Economics)
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