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Biodemography and Social Biology Volume 61, 2015 - Issue 2: Long Run Impacts of Early Life Events
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Breakfast Skipping, Extreme Commutes, and the Sex Composition at Birth

Bhashkar MazumderFederal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Research Department, Chicago, Illinois, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Zachary SeeskinDepartment of Statistics, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA
Pages 187-208 | Published online: 12 Aug 2015

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