Black-white disparities in life expectancy: How much can the standard SES variables explain?

Demography

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 553-574

  Geruso, Michael ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Health disparities; Health gradient; Racial disparities; Reweight

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859510211     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-011-0089-1     Document Type: Article

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