Income, income inequality, and health: Evidence from China

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 668-693

  Li, Hongbin ^a   Zhu, Yi ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Health; Inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750977551     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: 10957227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2006.08.005     Document Type: Article

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