Does schooling affect health behavior? Evidence from the educational expansion in Western Germany

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 862-872

  Jürges, Hendrik ^a   Reinhold, Steffen ^b   Salm, Martin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^c Center for Research in Economics and Business Tilburg University   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Education; Obesity; Smoking

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE; OBESITY; SMOKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WOMENS STATUS;

GERMANY;

EID: 80051663907     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2011.04.002     Document Type: Article

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