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Natural Disasters and Early Human Development: Hurricane Catarina and Infant Health in Brazil

Victor Hugo de Oliveira, Ines Lee and Climent Quintana-Domeque
Published online before print March 09, 2021, 0816-8144R1; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.59.1.0816-8144R1
Victor Hugo de Oliveira
Victor Hugo de Oliveira is a public policy analyst at the Instituto de Pesquisa e Estratégia Econômica do Ceará;
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Ines Lee
Ines Lee is a junior research fellow in economics at the University of Cambridge;
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Climent Quintana-Domeque
Climent Quintana-Domeque is a professor of economics at the Department of Economics, Business School, University of Exeter, and research fellow at HCEO, GLO, and IZA
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