The lasting impact of childhood health and circumstance

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 365-389

  Case, Anne ^a   Fertig, Angela ^a,b   Paxson, Christina ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood health; Life course models; NCDS; Panel data

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; PANEL DATA; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ATTENTION; CAPITAL; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; PARENT; PRENATAL PERIOD; REVIEW; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 13844275495     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2004.09.008     Document Type: Article

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