Are there differences in the health-socio-economic status relationship over the life cycle? Evidence from Germany

Labour

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 107-125

  Bender, Keith A ^a   Habermalz, Steffen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LIFESTYLE; PANEL DATA; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 40349114876     PISSN: 11217081     EISSN: 14679914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9914.2007.00400.x     Document Type: Article

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