Non-pecuniary returns to higher education: The effect on smoking intensity in the UK

Health Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 906-920

  Bratti, Massimiliano ^a   Miranda, Alfonso ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endogenous dummy; Higher education; Ordinal response models; Sample selection; Smoking; UK

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; UNITED KINGDOM; ADULT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADULT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77955671334     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1529     Document Type: Article

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