The contribution of occupation to health inequality

Research on Economic Inequality

Volumn 21, Issue , 2013, Pages 311-332

  Ravesteijn, Bastian ^a   Van Kippersluis, Hans ^a   Van Doorslaer, Eddy ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TINBERGEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Health; Labour; Lifecycle; Occupation; The netherlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901448704     PISSN: 10492585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S1049-2585(2013)0000021014     Document Type: Article

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