The causal effect of education on health: Evidence from the United Kingdom

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 122-128

  Silles, Mary A ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Education; Endogeneity bias; Health

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; HEALTH EDUCATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 57349135191     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2008.02.003     Document Type: Article

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