The health effects of education

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 186-200

  Groot, Wim ^a   Maassen van den Brink, Henriëtte ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Education; Health

Indexed keywords

GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HEALTH IMPACT; HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN CAPITAL; RETURNS TO EDUCATION;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33947162007     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2005.09.002     Document Type: Article

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