Absolute income, relative income, income inequality, and mortality

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 234-253

  Gerdtham, Ulf G ^a   Johannesson, Magnus ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MORTALITY; WAGE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 5144228783     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3559011     Document Type: Article

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