Broke, Ill, and Obese: Is There an Effect of Household Debt on Health?

Review of Income and Wealth

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 525-541

  Keese, Matthias ^a   Schmitz, Hendrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Debt; Fixed effects; Health satisfaction; Mental health; Obesity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905055170     PISSN: 00346586     EISSN: 14754991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/roiw.12002     Document Type: Article

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