Understanding the early origins of the education-health gradient: A framework that can also be applied to analyze gene-environment interactions

Perspectives on Psychological Science

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 585-605

  Conti, Gabriella ^a   Heckman, James J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Education; Genetics; Health; Treatment effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955085581     PISSN: 17456916     EISSN: 17456924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1745691610383502     Document Type: Article

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