Higher education and health investments: Does more schooling affect preventive health care use?

Journal of Human Capital

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 144-176

  Fletcher, Jason M ^a   Frisvold, David E ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 72749118062     PISSN: 19328575     EISSN: 19328664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/645090     Document Type: Article

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