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Macroeconomic conditions and health in Britain: aggregation, dynamics and local area heterogeneity. / Janke, Katharina; Lee, Kevin; Propper, Carol et al.
Institute for Fiscal Studies, 2020. (IFS Working Paper Series; No. WP20/12).

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Janke, K, Lee, K, Propper, C, Shields, K & Michael, S 2020 'Macroeconomic conditions and health in Britain: aggregation, dynamics and local area heterogeneity' IFS Working Paper Series, no. WP20/12, Institute for Fiscal Studies. https://doi.org/10.1920/wp.ifs.2020.1220

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Janke, K., Lee, K., Propper, C., Shields, K., & Michael, S. (2020). Macroeconomic conditions and health in Britain: aggregation, dynamics and local area heterogeneity. (IFS Working Paper Series; No. WP20/12). Institute for Fiscal Studies. https://doi.org/10.1920/wp.ifs.2020.1220

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Janke K, Lee K, Propper C, Shields K, Michael S. Macroeconomic conditions and health in Britain: aggregation, dynamics and local area heterogeneity. Institute for Fiscal Studies. 2020 Apr 14. (IFS Working Paper Series; WP20/12). doi: 10.1920/wp.ifs.2020.1220

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Janke, Katharina ; Lee, Kevin ; Propper, Carol et al. / Macroeconomic conditions and health in Britain: aggregation, dynamics and local area heterogeneity. Institute for Fiscal Studies, 2020. (IFS Working Paper Series; WP20/12).

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