The effects of school quality on long-term health

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1320-1333

  Sansani, Shahar ^a  

^a College of Management ^*  (Israel)

Author keywords

Educational economics; Rate of return

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; HEALTH IMPACT; MORTALITY; WAGE;

EID: 80054867286     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

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