Regional disparities in adult height, educational attainment, and late-life cognition: Findings from the Longitudinal Aging Study in India (LASI)

Journal of the Economics of Ageing

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages 26-34

  Lee, Jinkook ^a,b,c   Smith, James P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c Dept of Physics   (United States)

Author keywords

Generational effects; India; Late life cognition; Regional disparities; Son preference

Indexed keywords

EID: 84914818163     PISSN: 2212828X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeoa.2014.02.002     Document Type: Article

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