Life expectancy and human capital: Evidence from the international epidemiological transition

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1142-1152

  Hansen, Casper Worm ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cohort schooling data; Economic development; Health shock; Life expectancy

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN CAPITAL; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ARTICLE; CAPITAL; CHILD HEALTH; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALARIA; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH; HISTORY; TRENDS;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; GLOBAL HEALTH; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY;

EID: 84886304208     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: 18791646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2013.09.011     Document Type: Article

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