Life Expectancy and Human Capital Investments: Evidence From Maternal Mortality Declines
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- Seema Jayachandran & Adriana Lleras-Muney, 2009. "Life Expectancy and Human Capital Investments: Evidence from Maternal Mortality Declines," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 124(1), pages 349-397.
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JEL classification:
- I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General
- I20 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - General
- O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EDU-2008-04-21 (Education)
- NEP-HAP-2008-04-21 (Economics of Happiness)
- NEP-HEA-2008-04-21 (Health Economics)
- NEP-HRM-2008-04-21 (Human Capital and Human Resource Management)
- NEP-LAB-2008-04-21 (Labour Economics)
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