School quality and the education-health relationship: Evidence from Blacks in segregated schools

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1232-1245

  Frisvold, David ^a   Golberstein, Ezra ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Health status; School quality

Indexed keywords

BLACK POPULATION; EDUCATION; HEALTH STATUS; MORTALITY; OBESITY; SMOKING; STUDENT; WAGE;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NEGRO; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUPIL; SALARY; SCHOOL; SCHOOL QUALITY; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; TEACHER; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACULTY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 82255162805     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: 18791646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2011.08.003     Document Type: Article

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