Health, education, and life cycle savings in the development process

Economic Inquiry

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 615-630

  Tang, Kam Ki ^a   Zhang, Jie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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EID: 34250376934     PISSN: 00952583     EISSN: 14657295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7295.2007.00020.x     Document Type: Article

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