Hidden Costs of the Great London Smog: Evidence from Missing Births
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Great London Smog; Pollution; Stillbirths; Missing Births;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I1 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health
- N3 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy
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