The health returns of education policies from preschool to high school and beyond

American Economic Review

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 188-194

  Johnson, Rucker C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CURRICULUM; DESEGREGATION; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC POLICY; SCHOOL; SIBLING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CURRICULUM; DESEGREGATION; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); EDUCATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; PUBLIC POLICY; SCHOOLS; SIBLINGS; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIAL MOBILITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956104487     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.100.2.188     Document Type: Conference Paper

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