Controlling for endogeneity in the health-socioeconomic status relationship of the near retired

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 977-987

  Bender, Keith A ^a   Theodossiou, Ioannis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endogeneity; Labor force status; Socioeconomic status; Subjective and objective health measures

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349285958     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2009.07.009     Document Type: Article

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