Secondary school fees and the causal effect of schooling on health behavior

Health Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 994-1001

  Reinhold, Steffen ^a   Jürges, Hendrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Education; Health; Health behaviors; Instrumental variables; School fees

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; WAR; ADULT; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GERMANY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; CAUSALITY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEES AND CHARGES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; SMOKING;

EID: 77955680953     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1530     Document Type: Article

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