Child Marriage and Infant Mortality: Evidence from Ethiopia
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- J. García-Hombrados, 2018. "Child Marriage and Infant Mortality: Evidence from Ethiopia," Working Papers 2018-07, FEDEA.
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Keywords
child marriage; infant mortality; family economics;All these keywords.
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- O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development
- K0 - Law and Economics - - General
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DEV-2017-09-24 (Development)
- NEP-HEA-2017-09-24 (Health Economics)
- NEP-LAW-2017-09-24 (Law and Economics)
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