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The impact of women's status on infant mortality rate: A cross-national analysis

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  • Ulrike Boehmer & John Williamson, 1996. "The impact of women's status on infant mortality rate: A cross-national analysis," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 37(3), pages 333-360, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:soinre:v:37:y:1996:i:3:p:333-360
    DOI: 10.1007/BF00286237
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    2. Frank Young, 2001. "Structural Pluralism and Life Expectancy in Less-Developed Countries: The Role of Women's Status," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 55(2), pages 223-240, August.
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    4. Ross Macmillan & Naila Shofia & Wendy Sigle, 2018. "Gender and the Politics of Death: Female Representation, Political and Developmental Context, and Population Health in a Cross-National Panel," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 55(5), pages 1905-1934, October.
    5. Homan, Patricia, 2024. "Health consequences of structural sexism: Conceptual foundations, empirical evidence and priorities for future research," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 351(S1).
    6. Shammama, Obaida & Brazys, Samuel, 2024. "Representation matters? Female legislators and women’s health in Bangladesh," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 182(C).
    7. Homan, Patricia, 2017. "Political gender inequality and infant mortality in the United States, 1990–2012," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 182(C), pages 127-135.
    8. Stephen Abrokwah & Christine Moser & Edward Norton, 2014. "The effect of social health insurance on prenatal care: the case of Ghana," International Journal of Health Economics and Management, Springer, vol. 14(4), pages 385-406, December.
    9. Rob Clark & Kara Snawder, 2020. "A Cross-National Analysis of Lifespan Inequality, 1950–2015: Examining the Distribution of Mortality Within Countries," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 148(3), pages 705-732, April.
    10. Kellard, Neil M. & Makhlouf, Yousef & Sarkisyan, Anna & Vinogradov, Dmitri V., 2024. "Women’s empowerment and child mortality," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 183(C).

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