The effect of compulsory schooling on health-evidence from biomarkers

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 645-672

  Jürges, Hendrik ^a   Kruk, Eberhard ^b   Reinhold, Steffen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL LAW AND SOCIAL POLICY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Compulsory schooling; Instrumental variables

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872839956     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-012-0409-9     Document Type: Article

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