Life expectancy and schooling: New insights from cross-country data

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1237-1248

  Hazan, Moshe ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Human capital; Life expectancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862630943     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-011-0392-6     Document Type: Article

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