The NBER Digest: March 2002 Issue

Publication Date: March 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:

* Globalization Reduces Inequality in China * Does Social Security Redistribute to Low Income Groups? * Why do Death Rates Decline? * Measuring the Stress of Financial Traders * Aging and Housing Equity * Immigrant and Native Responses to Welfare Reform

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