Intergenerational health mobility: An empirical approach based on the ECHP

Applied Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 451-458

  Pascual, Marta ^a   Cantarero, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH STATUS; MOBILITY; PANEL DATA; SELF ASSESSMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 60349086906     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840701367523     Document Type: Article

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