The health hazards of unemployment and poor education: The socioeconomic determinants of health duration in the European Union

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 273-297

  Cooper, D ^a   McCausland, W D ^a   Theodossiou, I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Education; European Union; Health duration; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; EDUCATION; EUROPEAN UNION; GENDER; HEALTH HAZARD; INCOME; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; AGED; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; RISK; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 33750515934     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2006.06.001     Document Type: Article

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