The NBER Digest: July 2002 Issue

Publication Date: July 2002

Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research

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Research Area: Economics

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The following articles appear in this issue:

* Income Declines after Divorce * Globalization Reduces Child Labor in Vietnam * Looting Mexican Banks * Do Cigarette Taxes Make Smokers Happier?

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