Health in the cities: When the neighborhood matters more than income

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-11

  Bilger, Marcel ^a   Carrieri, Vincenzo ^b  

^a DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endogeneity; Health; Instrumental variables; Neighborhood effect; Neighborhood problems aggregate

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS; INCOME; NEIGHBORHOOD; PRIMARY EDUCATION; SECONDARY EDUCATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ARTICLE; CRIME; EDUCATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMIDITY; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL VARIABLE; NOISE; POLLUTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBANIZATION; WELLBEING;

CITIES; CRIME; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; ITALY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

ITALY;

EID: 84870223872     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: 18791646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2012.09.010     Document Type: Article

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