Does social capital determine health? Evidence from eight transition countries

Health Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 56-74

  D'Hombres, B ^a   Rocco, L ^b   Suhrcke, M ^c   McKee, M ^d  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health; Instrumental variables; Social capital; Transition countries

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; HEALTH; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TRUST;

ADULT; ARMENIA; BYELARUS; FEMALE; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; KAZAKHSTAN; KYRGYZSTAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOLDOVA; RUSSIA; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UKRAINE;

EID: 74049128307     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1445     Document Type: Article

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