Effects of weight on children's educational achievement

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 651-661

  Kaestner, Robert ^a,b   Grossman, Michael ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational economics; Human capital

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; HUMAN CAPITAL; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 70350152868     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2009.03.002     Document Type: Article

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