Compulsory schooling reforms, education and mortality in twentieth century Europe

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 127, Issue , 2015, Pages 74-82

  Gathmann, Christina ^a   Jürges, Hendrik ^b   Reinhold, Steffen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Compulsory schooling; Education; Europe; Mortality

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION REFORM; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; SOCIAL HISTORY; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BELGIUM; COMPULSORY SCHOOLING; DENMARK; EDUCATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; IRELAND; ITALY; MALE; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN; UNITED KINGDOM; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH DISPARITY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; TRENDS;

EUROPE;

COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH;

EID: 84922325813     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.01.037     Document Type: Article

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