A longitudinal analysis of the impact of health shocks on the wealth of elders

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 217-230

  Lee, Jinkook ^a   Kim, Hyungsoo ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic conditions; Elders; Long term effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 36448973849     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-007-0156-5     Document Type: Article

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