The intergenerational inequality of health in China

China Economic Review

Volumn 31, Issue , 2014, Pages 392-409

  Eriksson, Tor ^a   Pan, Jay ^b   Qin, Xuezheng ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Health; Inequality; Intergenerational transmission

Indexed keywords

EID: 84918533010     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2014.06.005     Document Type: Article

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