On the dynamics of demand for leisure and the production of health

Journal of Business and Economic Statistics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 187-197

  Sickles, Robim C ^a   Yazbeck, Abdo ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult mortality and morbidity; Dynamic programming; Generalized method of moments

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032331718     PISSN: 07350015     EISSN: 15372707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07350015.1998.10524752     Document Type: Article

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