Education determines a nation's health, but what determines educational outcomes? A cross-national comparative analysis

Journal of Public Health Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-15

  Siddiqi, Arjumand ^a   Kawachi, Ichiro ^b   Berkman, Lisa ^b,c   Hertzman, Clyde ^d,e   Subramanian, S V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

^d Human Early Learning Partnership   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

education; income inequality; OECD; social policy; welfare state

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; APTITUDE TEST; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; READING; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; APTITUDE TESTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; READING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84856428200     PISSN: 01975897     EISSN: 1745655X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jphp.2011.52     Document Type: Article

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