The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics

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Infant Mortality

  • K. Wolpin
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95121-5_1061-1
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Abstract

There is extensive variation in the level of infant mortality (deaths under 1 year of age) across countries, over time within countries, and across subgroups within countries or regions. Social scientists, and demographers in particular, have devoted a great deal of research effort towards identifying the underlying sources of variation, biological and genetic, environmental and behavioural, and their relative importance.

Keywords

Infant Mortality Infant Health World Fertility Survey Infant Mortality Decline Child Endowment 
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  • K. Wolpin
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