Will knowing diabetes affect labor income? Evidence from a natural experiment

Economics Letters

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 74-78

  Liu, Xiaoou ^a   Zhu, Chen ^b  

^a RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Diabetes; Income; Natural experiment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900330047     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2014.04.019     Document Type: Article

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