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Short-, Medium-, and Long-Term Consequences of Poor Infant Health

An Analysis Using Siblings and Twins

Philip Oreopoulos, Mark Stabile, Randy Walld and Leslie L. Roos
Journal of Human Resources, January 2008, 43 (1) 88-138; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.43.1.88
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