What is health? A multiple correspondence health index

Eastern Economic Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 223-250

  Kohn, Jennifer L ^a  

^a DREW UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

dynamic panel data; fixed effects; health; multiple correspondence analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857322314     PISSN: 00945056     EISSN: 19394632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/eej.2011.5     Document Type: Article

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