Good for living? On the relationship between globalization and life expectancy

World Development

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1191-1203

  Bergh, Andreas ^a,b   Nilsson, Therese ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Stockholm School of Economics   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Development; Globalization; Health; Life expectancy

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC IMPACT; GLOBALIZATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

EID: 77955665765     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2010.02.020     Document Type: Article

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