Health and schooling: Evidence and policy implications for developing countries

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 271-282

  Gomes Neto, João Batista ^a   Hanushek, Eric A ^b   Leite, Raimundo Hélio ^a   Frota Bezzera, Roberto Cláudio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HEALTH STATUS;

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGY; BRAZIL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EYE; HEALTH; NUTRITION; OPHTHALMOLOGICAL EFFECTS; PHYSIOLOGY; POLICY; RESEARCH REPORT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STUDENT; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ACHIEVEMENT; AMERICAS; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGY; BRAZIL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH; LATIN AMERICA; NUTRITION; OPHTHALMOLOGICAL EFFECTS; PHYSIOLOGY; POLICY; RESEARCH REPORT; SOCIAL POLICY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SOUTH AMERICA; STUDENTS;

ACHIEVEMENT; AMERICAS; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGY; BRAZIL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EYE; HEALTH; LATIN AMERICA; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AMERICA; STUDENTS;

BRAZIL, (NORTHEAST);

EID: 0031414316     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0272-7757(97)00001-0     Document Type: Article

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