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Infant Health and Later-Life Labor Market Outcomes

Evidence from the Introduction of Sulfa Antibiotics in Sweden

Volha Lazuka
Journal of Human Resources, March 2020, 55 (2) 660-698; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.55.3.0817-9016R
Volha Lazuka
Volha Lazuka is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Economic History and the Centre for Economic Demography, Lund University, Box 7083, 220 07 Lund, Sweden ().
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