作者：Miller, Grant; Urdinola, B. Piedad
作者单位：Stanford University; National Bureau of Economic Research; Universidad Nacional de Colombia
摘要：Recent studies demonstrate procyclical mortality in wealthy countries, but there are reasons to expect a countercyclical relationship in developing nations. We investigate how child survival in Colombia responds to fluctuations in world arabica coffee prices and document starkly procyclical child deaths. In studying this result's behavioral underpinnings, we highlight that (1) the leading determinants of child health are inexpensive but require considerable time, and (2) as the value of time d...
