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The Growth of Poor Children in China 1991-2000: Why Food Subsidies May Matter

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Lars Osberg
Jiaping Shao
Kuan Xu () (Department of Economics, Dalhousie University, Department of Economics, Dalhousie University)

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Keywords: height-for-age; child heath; growth; inequality; poverty; food subsidies; China;

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