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Education and Maternal Health in Pakistan: The Pathways of Influence

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  • Shandana Dar

    (Lahore School of Economics, Pakistan.)

  • Uzma Afzal

    (Assistant Professor and Research Fellow, Lahore School of Economics, Pakistan)

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  • Shandana Dar & Uzma Afzal, 2015. "Education and Maternal Health in Pakistan: The Pathways of Influence," Lahore Journal of Economics, Department of Economics, The Lahore School of Economics, vol. 20(2), pages 1-34, July-Dec.
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    Keywords

    Maternal health; education; health knowledge; instrumental variable analysis; mass media exposure; Pakistan;
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    JEL classification:

    • C26 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Instrumental Variables (IV) Estimation
    • I15 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Economic Development
    • I29 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Other

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