When does education matter? The protective effect of education for cohorts graduating in bad times

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 127, Issue , 2015, Pages 63-73

  Cutler, David M ^a   Huang, Wei ^a   Lleras Muney, Adriana ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Education health gradients; Europe; Unemployment rate

Indexed keywords

HEALTH IMPACT; INCOME; RETURNS TO EDUCATION; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; UNEMPLOYMENT; WAGE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; JOB MARKET; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; OBESITY; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNEMPLOYMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH DISPARITY; LIFESTYLE; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

EUROPE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; LIFE STYLE; MALE; OBESITY; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SMOKING; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84922288381     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.07.056     Document Type: Article

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