Regional and Racial Inequality in Infectious Disease Mortality in U.S. Cities, 1900–1948
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- James J. Feigenbaum & Christopher Muller & Elizabeth Wrigley-Field, 2018. "Regional and Racial Inequality in Infectious Disease Mortality in U.S. Cities, 1900-1948," NBER Working Papers 25345, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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Mortality; Epidemiological transition; Infectious disease; Inequality; Economic history;JEL classification:
- I14 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Inequality
- J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics
- N3 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy
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