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  • Michael Baker, Janet Currie, and Hannes Schwandt, Small Differences II: Public Policies in Canada and the United States (Journal of Labor Economics volume 37, S2, 2016), https://www.nber.org/books-and-chapters/small-differences-ii-public-policies-canada-and-united-states/mortality-inequality-canada-and-united-states-divergent-or-convergent-trends.

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