State dependence and heterogeneity in health using a bias-corrected fixed-effects estimator

Journal of Applied Econometrics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 181-207

  Carro, Jesus M ^a   Traferri, Alejandra ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

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EID: 84896696526     PISSN: 08837252     EISSN: 10991255     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jae.2301     Document Type: Article

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