Does compulsory education lower mortality?

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 155-168

  Albouy, Valerie ^a   Lequien, Laurent ^a  

^a Institut National de la Statistique et des etudes economiques   (France)

Author keywords

Causality; Education; Health; Mortality; Regression discontinuity

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FRANCE; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; STUDENT DROPOUTS;

EID: 58149475068     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2008.09.003     Document Type: Article

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