Time preference, noncognitive skills and well being across the life course: Do noncognitive skills encourage healthy behavior?

American Economic Review

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 200-204

  Chiteji, Ngina ^a  

^a SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; EMOTION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME FACTOR;

EMOTIONS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77956107961     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.100.2.200     Document Type: Conference Paper

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