Pham, Thong Le; Kooreman, Peter; Koning, Ruud H.; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
We analyze child mortality in Vietnam focusing on gender aspects. Contrary to several other countries in the region …, mortality rates for boys are substantially larger than for girls. A large rural-urban mortality difference exists, but much more … so for boys than for girls. A higher education level of the mother reduces mortality risk, but the effect is stronger for …