Estimating the relation between health and education: What do we know and what do we need to know?

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 778-791

  Eide, Eric R ^a   Showalter, Mark H ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal effects; Education; Health

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN CAPITAL;

EID: 80051666842     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2011.03.009     Document Type: Article

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