Human capital, schooling and health

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 207-221

  Schultz, T Paul ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health; Human capital; Productivity; Returns; Schooling

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY GROWTH; CAPITAL; CHILD NUTRITION; CONSENSUS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EMPIRICISM; ERROR; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MANUAL LABOR; MOTIVATION; POPULATION; POVERTY; PRODUCTIVITY; RANDOMIZATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SCHOOL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WORKER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY SIZE; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EFFICIENCY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; POVERTY; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 15944378533     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1570-677X(03)00035-2     Document Type: Article

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