Are Recessions Good for Your Health?
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- 1 May 2000
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Quarterly Journal of Economics
- Vol. 115 (2) , 617-650
- https://doi.org/10.1162/003355300554872
Abstract
This study investigates the relationship between economic conditions and health. Total mortality and eight of the ten sources of fatalities examinedKeywords
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